Cygnus, the wide field magic line

Cygnus, the wide field magic line

The Cygnus constellation hosts some of the most amazing deep sky objects thanks to its location just on the galactic plane. It also features an asterism called the Northern Cross. This constellation can be easily detected by naked eye from suburban skies during the...
Cygnus Extreme, a 4 year wide field image

Cygnus Extreme, a 4 year wide field image

Last four years I’ve been capturing images of the Cygnus constellation with different telescopes in order to obtain a high resolution widefield image of this amazing Milky Way region. High quality data, captured with the Takahashi FSQ85, is being added to a...
IC 1396: a 5 year evolution

IC 1396: a 5 year evolution

Astrophotography is a series of techniques that implies many skills (DIY, hardware, software, equipment, processing knowledge…) and also lots of patience to give room to yourself to improve your images year by year. My trip into astrophotography has allowed me...
The Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888

The Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888

The Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, is located some 5,000 light-years away from Earth. It is surrounded by huge clouds of gas and dust in the constellation of Cygnus. NGC 6888’s central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). This star will become a...
The Soap and Crescent Nebulae

The Soap and Crescent Nebulae

The Soap Nebula, PN G75.5+1.7, was discovered by the amateur astronomer Dave Jurasevich back in 2008. This faint nebula can be detected using narrow band filters with long integration times. We can find it near the popular Crescent Nebula, NGC6888. Both nebulae are...
The Heart Nebula, IC1805

The Heart Nebula, IC1805

In the Perseus arm of our galaxy we find two spectacular nebulae, the Heart (IC 1805) and Soul (IC1848) nebulae. Located around 7,500 light years away from us both cover a wide region of the night sky, in the Cassiopeia constellation. Several full moons could fit...
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