Horsehead and Flame

The Pillars of Creation

NP127is, QSI683ws8, Astrodon filters, NJP mount.

Ced214 in Cepheus

The Cygnus Wall

The Flaming Star Nebula

The Pacman nebula

The Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) is a bright emission nebula in Cassiopeia constellation, about 9,500 light years from Earth. It owes its funny name to its similarity to the legendary video game character Pacman, with dark trails of dust appearing to form a mouth biting the bright surrounding nebula, see my image below. Home to a cluster of hot, young stars, the Pacman Nebula is an example of a place where new stars are actively being born. The Pacman Nebula can be #stargazing observed after midnight tonight. You need an O[III] filter on your midsize telescope to improve the contrast and detail of the nebula against the background sky. To photograph the Pacman Nebula, use a dedicated monochromatic camera for #astrophotography with a H-alpha filter on a telescope that has a motorised mount, and take long exposures, usually between 3 and 10 minutes each.

Gulf of Mexico and the Pelikan

Gulf of Mexico and the Wall

The Seagull

The Orion Nebula

Inside The Heart Nebula

HaRGB Image, Ha=3x600s, R,G,B=300s each at 660mm focal length, f/5.2

The Eagle Nebula

NP127is, QSI683ws8, Astrodon filters, NJP mount.

The Rosette Nebula

The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49) is an HII region located in the constellation of Monoceros. The central star cluster NGC 2244 illuminates the surrounding gas and dust clouds. The light we see in the image below left the nebula about 5,000 years ago, around the same time the Egyptian pyramids were being built. It's fascinating to think that while the ancient Egyptians were building their monumental pyramids, the light we see today from distant cosmic structures like the Rosette Nebula was beginning its long journey towards Earth. During stargazing you are essentially peering into a stellar nursery, where baby stars are being born out of the surrounding gas and dust. Observing it requires a dark sky, a big telescope. Use an UHC filter to enhance the view. It is also an amazing target for astrophotography, though you need a fast telescope and a monochrome camera with an Hα filter.

The supernova remnant NGC6992 in the Cygnus constellation

QHY8L One-Shot-Color astrocamera, TOA-130 with reducer (f/5.4), 5x900s.

NGC1499

Televue NP127is telescope, QSI683 CCD camera, Astrodon 5nm Hα filter, 660mm, f/5.2, 5x600s at -20°C

Melotte 15

The center of the Soul Nebula

NGC6888 Cygni

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent_Nebula

The Conus

NGC604 - A nebula in another galaxy

Almost all nebulas you usually observe with a telescope are located in our galaxy, the Milky Way. But not this one! This nebula is not in our galaxy. It is far away from our solar system, far out of our Milky Way - it is located in a neightbour galaxy called Messier 33 being almost 3 million light years away from us. Incredible but true.

Details in Cygnus

Nikon D5 DSLR, 2x180s, ISO3200, 300mm 2.8GII lens at 420mm, f/6.7, Avalon Linear mount, MGEN3 guider.

B33 and IC434 nebulas in Orion