This image is the result of a cooperation with 3 fellow astrophotographers, Sara Wager, Dominique Dierick and Kees Scherer and myself. It all started in 2017 when we worked together on a larger mosaic of part of the Cygnus constellation. The zoomable result of this cooperation can be seen here and I would recommend …
IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a bright and dark nebula. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470. It is located near …
This image shows the upper part of the Cepheus constellation as shown in the image below: This region is filled with huge clouds of dust against a background of thousands of stars. The image was taken using a William Optics Spacecat 51 in combination with a Nikon D810a, a dedicated DSLR for astrophotography. In total …
This image was made last week on holiday in the Eifel in Germany. Under a Bortle 3-4 sky I wanted to try to catch some nice dark nebulae. Unfortunately it looked like the weather was not really cooperating with thunderstorms in the evening and clear skies during the day. Luckily on August 13 the clouds …
Image of NGC7000 (The North America nebula) taken with a Nikon D810a and a WO Spacecat 51 under a Bortle 7 sky. Exposures: 73x180s
This image shows the result of my imaging sessions in the Eifel, Germany during my holidays last year. When I was there we had 2 very clear nights and 2 nights with some high clouds. I decided to go for a dark nebula as these are impossible to image from where I live. This image …
This image shows the extended nebulosity around IC59/IC63. This nebulosity is very rarely found on imagery, and as far as I know only a handful of images showing this nebulosity can be found, where most of them only show a very weak impression of the nebulosity. With this image I hope to challenge people to …
Supernova remnants (SNR) are formed when a large star ends its life in a supernova explosion. About 300 of these remnants are currently known in our galaxy. One of the most famous remnants, the Veil Nebula, is located in the constellation of Cygnus. Although this is the most famous one in this constellation, it’s not …
NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 800-1000 pc distant, with the younger components aged no more than a few million years. The complex …
Sometimes you decide to make an image of a region of the sky and it just comes out exactly as you had hoped for. This was one of these moments for me. I decided a while back to image the Gamma Cygni Nebula around the star Sadr in the constellation of Cygnus. I knew …