The Carina Nebula is perhaps one of the most famous deep sky objects in the Southern Hemisphere. Of course, it also topped my sighting list in 2018 when I was in Namibia. Because the area was densely covered with stars and because it consisted largely of emission nebulae, I decided to use a UHC filter. […]
M8 – Lagoon nebula
Messier 8 a.k.a Lagoon nebula is an emblematic object of the famous Messier catalog. It is located in the Sagittarius constellation towards the center of Milky Way. M8 is actually a star forming region but a wide field of interstellar gas and dust surrounds it. As the newly born stars’ strong stellar wind blows a […]
Veil nebula NGC 6992
The NGC 6992 Veil nebula complex is a remnant of a giant supernova explosion. Supernova explosion is the cataclysmic end of giant stars. In this event, as fusion stops in the core of the star, the well balanced equilibrium between gravity and core fusion breaks so outer layer of stars fall on to the core […]
NGC6914 and the misteriuos red glow in Summer Milky Way
When we publish a deep-sky themed astrophoto, many will surely wonder what they exatly see in the picture. In the case of Moon, Jupiter, Saturn photos, there is not much to explain about the given image (of course there are many interesting things about them, but the sight usually speaks for itself, and this of […]
Messier 78 queen of reflection nebulas
Messier 78 is definitely one of the most beautiful deep sky objects. It truly deserves the queen of reflection nebulas title. What we see, is clusters of newly born young stars and interstellar dust, as it orders by the star’s gravity and forces of stellar wind. This composition greatly shows the contrast of star formation, […]