Centaurus A – a Rádió Galaxis My image shows grand design spiral galaxy Messier 81. At first sight it seems to be a quite plane, not well detailed galaxy lacking contrast, so I decided to photograph this subject as detailed and deep as possible. For this I made luminance layer with a small pixelled monochrome […]
Iris nebula – NGC7023
Iris nebula is en emblematic deep sky object in constellation Cepheus. It is a 6 light years wide dust cloud lit by a bright star sitting in the cloud. The nest around the star is very bright and well detailed, but the outer parts of the nebula is rather dark. It is always a challenge […]
Carina nebula
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. […]
Messier 101
The M101 galaxy is a popular target for all astrophotographers from beginners to the most experienced. It is relatively bright, so it quickly gives you a sense of success, but with a little more care, you can mine out dark, faint parts from the background. Its detailed, dust-striped core region also provides many opportunities, as […]
NGC 5139 – Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri is a mandatory object from southern hemisphere. An incredibly bright and huge globular cluster. Many times it is mentioned as the biggest globular cluster of Milky Way, while some evidence refer to that it is a remnant of a dwarf galaxy consumed by Milky Way. for example it’s shape is not even globular, […]