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By Andre van der Hoeven / October 31, 2021

IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the...

By Andre van der Hoeven / September 19, 2021

Wow, I never dared hope for this one. Every year, Royal Museums Greenwich holds the 'astronomer photographer of the year'...

By Andre van der Hoeven / November 27, 2020

This image shows the upper part of the Cepheus constellation as shown in the image below: This region is filled...

By Andre van der Hoeven / August 20, 2020

This image was made last week on holiday in the Eifel in Germany. Under a Bortle 3-4 sky I wanted...

By Andre van der Hoeven / June 26, 2020

Image of NGC7000 (The North America nebula) taken with a Nikon D810a and a WO Spacecat 51 under a Bortle...

By Andre van der Hoeven / December 13, 2019

This image shows the result of my imaging sessions in the Eifel, Germany during my holidays last year. When I...

By Andre van der Hoeven / November 24, 2019

This image shows the extended nebulosity around IC59/IC63. This nebulosity is very rarely found on imagery, and as far as...

By Andre van der Hoeven / September 14, 2018

Supernova remnants (SNR) are formed when a large star ends its life in a supernova explosion. About 300 of these...

By Andre van der Hoeven / September 9, 2017

By now it's already 5 weeks ago that the Total Solar Eclipse took place in the US which millions of...

By Andre van der Hoeven / October 8, 2016

NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated...