Deep sky observing on a 1700 meters high mountain without being disturbed from direct street lamp stray light and ground fog. A team of 4 amateur astronomers enjoyed views of the summer milky way andContinue reading
Category: Emission nebula
Deep sky image: IC 1848, the Soul Nebula in Hα
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
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