Owl nebula, Messier 97

This seems to be my last image for the winter season 2013. M97, the Owl nebula in constellation Ursa Major Click for a large image. Image is...

Jones-Emberson 1, the project continues

The Jones-Emberson 1, project continues. I shot five more hours of O-III (light emitted by an ionized Oxygen.) to this planetray nebula. The...

Jones-Emberson 1, a Palnetary Nebula

I have shot some new h-alpha data for this extremely dim planetary nebula. Total exposure time is now around 20h for the light emitted by an...

Melotte 15 panorama, reprocessed

One of my favorite images from this winter season is a two frame mosaic of the Melotte 15 area in IC 1805, the Heart Nebula. There wasn'...

Sharpless 261, the "Lower's Nebula"

This starts to be my final images for this season. We'll be out of an astronomical darkness in couple of weeks, up here 65N.  Difficult ...

Rosette Nebula, a closeup, part II

I have combined the new Rosette data to an old one , from the year 2010. New image has little different colors and much tighter stars. The n...

Rosette Nebula, a closeup

The weather up here 65N hasn't been very cooperative. My latest image, the Rosette Nebula, has taken during four different nights, about...