IC 1848 is a huge emission nebula in Cassiopeia.is emission nebulae in Cassiopeia. Several small open clusters are embedded in the nebula: CR 34, 632, and 634 (in the head) and IC1848 (in the body).Continue reading
Category: Astrophotograhpy
Deep sky image of Nov 2013: Messier 45, the Pleiades in Taurus
The Pleiades or Seven Sisters (Messier 45) is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 millionContinue reading
Deep sky image of August 2013: B361, IC1369, PK89-0.1 and some LDNs in Cygnus
This interesting region full of dark nebulae is situated in Cygnus, to the northeast of NGC 7000, the North American Nebula. The exposure time was about 4 hours using a Takahashi FSQ106ED refractor @ f/5Continue reading