Horsehead & Flame Nebula
I swapped my telescope AG Optical’s 10″ IDK (a type of reflector), which had 75 times magnification capability, with Stellarvue SV130, which is a refractor with 28 times magnification for […]
Cone Nebula (or Christmas Tree Nebula)
On the occasion of Christmas, here is a nebula that looks like a Christmas Tree. However, traditionally, this interstellar formation is dubbed the Cone Nebula (named for the obvious cone […]
Horsehead Nebula
My most favorite deep sky object is Horsehead Nebula in Orion Constellation. It is visible as the dark indentation to the red emission nebula in the background. The horsehead feature […]
Trifid Nebula (M20) along with Lagoon Nebula (M8) and Open Cluster M21
The name Trifid refers to its three-lobed appearance. Messier 20 consists of several different objects: an emission nebula, a reflection nebula, a dark nebula and an open star cluster. The […]
vDB 152 – Dark Nebula
vdB 152 is a dark cloud of gas that is thick enough to obscure all the stars behind it and only some part of the nebula is shining in blue […]
IC 1396 – Emission Nebula in Cepheus
I had taken this image in 2017, but, came back to this image again in 2019. This time, I took 2 panels and joined them together to cover a larger […]
Horsehead & Flame Nebulae
I have imaged this region before, but, no amateur astrophotographer let’s a winter go by without taking another shot at this very colorful & beautiful region of the sky. The […]
Cone Nebula
The Cone Nebula is part of an emission nebula region in the constellation of Monoceros. The diffuse Cone Nebula, so named because of its apparent shape, comes from a dark […]