Emission Nebulae
WR 134

Finally I could complete this project. I started in summer last year, could not continue on it due to bad weather and could finally acquire H and S and RGB channels.
Read more “WR 134”
Emission Nebulae

Finally I could complete this project. I started in summer last year, could not continue on it due to bad weather and could finally acquire H and S and RGB channels.
Read more “WR 134”
Planetary Nebulae

A faint planetary nebula in constellation Hercules. Distance estimates are between 3300 (latest data) and 6800 light years (older data). A wonderful almost perfectly round bubble.
Read more “PK 47+42.1 (Abell 39)”
Dark Nebulae

The brightest gas nebula visible in the northern hemisphere. A massive and young star forming region 1350 light years from earth.
Read more “M42”
Dark Nebulae

A star nursery about 2700 lightyears away in constellation Monoceros (Unicorn), which consists of numerous reflection and emission nebulae.
Read more “NGC 2170 (Angel Nebula) and more …”
Dark Nebulae

IC 410 is an emissionen nebula and star nursery 12000 light years away in constellation Auriga. Embedded we find star cluster NGC 1893.
The shape of two globules on the lower left side gives it its name.
Dark Nebulae

LBN 437 is a molecular cloud in constellation Lacerta in a distance of 1200 light years. The red hydrogen glow is part of the much larger Great Lacerta Nebula (Sh2-126), a huge star forming region, part of Lacerta OB1 association.
Read more “LBN 437 (Gecko Nebula), Sh2-126 (Great Lacerta Nebula)”
Dark Nebulae

HII regions in Cepheus about 2900 light years away. vdB 153 is a reflection nebula embedded in these huge cloud system.
Read more “Sh2-140, Sh2-145 and vdB 153”
Dark Nebulae

This is a faint emission nebula about 10000 light years away in constellation Cepheus.
Read more “Sh2-135”
Dark Nebulae

HII regions in Cepheus about 2900 light years away. vdB 154 is a reflection nebula embedded in these huge cloud system.
Read more “Sh2-150, Sh2-145, vdB154”
Emission Nebulae

This is a follow-up of my latest post of Sh-114 (The flying dragon nebula). I noticed a very faint reflection nebula in one corner of this image. So I pointed the telescope more to this nebula … and got even more nebulosity.
Read more “LBN 346, LBN 333”