Open Clusters
Messier 44 is one of the brightest and largest open star clusters in the northern sky. It spans about 3 times the diameter of the full moon in constellation Cancer and counts about 1000 stars.
Read more “Messier 44 (Beehive Cluster, Praesepe)”
Dark Nebulae
A star cluster embedded in a vast cloud of gas and dust in constellation Cepheus.
Read more “IC 1396 (Elephant’s Trunk Nebula)”
Dark Nebulae
Star nursery in constellation Cassiopeia about 6000 light years away.
Read more “IC 1795 (Fishhead Nebula)”
Dark Nebulae
The region around Gamma Cygni (Sadr) is so incredible full of gas, dust and other objects.
Read more “IC 1310, NGC 6883, LBN 182, LBN 172, LBN 181, LDN 858, LDN 850, LDN 856 and WR 134”
Dark Nebulae
Sadr and its nebulae
LDN 881, LDN 886, LDN 882, LDN 883, LDN 879, LBN 234, Sh2-108, PK076+01.1 and more …
Dark Nebulae
A hydrogen region in constellation Cygnus which is not imaged as often as the other more famous nebula in this region like North America Nebula or Crescent Nebula.
Read more “Sh2-124”
Dark Nebulae
Right into my heart … this was my first deep sky object with a telescope and a dedicated astro-camera almost a year ago now. And I still love it!
Read more “Heart, Soul and Fishhead … and double star clusterIC 1805, IC 1848, IC 1795, NGC 869, NGC 884 (aka h and chi Persei)”