LBN 762, also known with the nickname of Drunken Dragon is a dark nebula in the constellation Aries part of a vast molecular cloud complex including the nearby LBN 753. The area is populated by many galaxies visible in the background. The name comes from the resemblance with a “smoky” Read more…
Stephan’s Quintet and NGC 7331 a well known group of galaxies in the constellation Perseus 10 hours of integration in LRGB High resolution here
The vdB133 is a small reflection nebula in the constellation Cygnus, surrounding the supergiant double-star system 44Cyg that is also responsible for the white/yellowish nebula glow . All around a vast Ha emission region including the very peculiar Sh2-106 star-forming region with super-hot gasses expanding outwards on both sizes creating Read more…
The Black Fish Nebula (B169, LDN1151) is a suggestive dark nebula in the constellation Cepheus immerse in a very colorful star field. On the left hand side the red Ha emission from the nearby Sh2-134 15hrs total integration in LRGB. Full resolution here B169 B170 B171
LBN 643 or “The Helping Hand” , including the very faint dark (LDN 1357, LDN 1355, LDN 1358) and reflection (VdB 9, VdB 7) surrounding nebulae in Cassiopea. Total of 20 hours integration in LRGB, high resolution image here
The Andromeda Galaxy, or M31, is one of the most photographed deep sky object of the northern skies. It’s the nearest galaxy to our Milky Way (2.5 millions light years) of comparable size, they are expected to collide in around 5 billion years. The image is a two-panels mosaic in Read more…
A four panels mosaic of a very dense dust and reflection nebula region in the Taurus Molecular Cloud, including LBN 782, Barnard 10, Barnard 7, VdB 27, IC 359 and LDN 1495. The center of the frame features the two dark nebulas Barnard 7 and Barnard 10 and the blue Read more…
Sh2-140 is an HII emission nebula on the edge of the Cepheus ring and part of the star-forming region of Cepheus molecular complex. The emission is caused by the radiation of young stars in the central part of the nebula which also causes a bow shock towards the outer edge Read more…
The Ghost Nebula (Sh2-134, VdB 141) is a reflection nebula in constellation Cepheus. Sh2-136 is part of a vast molecular cloud region that extends in the Cepheus region from the Iris nebula A very distinctive feature of the nebula is the shiny tip illuminated by the numerous embedded stars. Total Read more…
An iconic reflection nebula , NGC7023 or Iris nebula is part of a very large molecular cloud system in the constellation Cepheus. The bright core is illuminated by the HD 200775 star and evokes the image of the flower. NASA describes in this way the core typical color: “The dominant Read more…
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