Comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise)

C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) or Comet NEOWISE is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers during the NEOWISE mission of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope. At that time, it was an 18th-magnitude object, located 2 AU (300 million km; 190 million mi) away from the Sun and 1.7 AU (250 million km; 160 million mi) away from Earth.

NEOWISE is known for being the brightest comet in the northern hemisphere since Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997. It was widely photographed by professional and amateur observers and was even spotted by people living near city centres and areas with light pollution. While it was too close to the Sun to be observed at perihelion, it emerged from perihelion around magnitude 0.5 to 1, making it bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. Under dark skies, it can be seen with the naked eye and might remain visible to the naked eye throughout most of July 2020. As of July 28, the comet was about magnitude 4.5, but binoculars are required near urban areas to locate the comet. The comet is getting further from the Sun and Earth, and a brightening waxing gibbous Moon is interfering with dark skies.

Here you can see some images of Comet Neowise from my observatory

Optics: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: Canon EOS 450D

Constellation: Ursa Major

Date: July 26, 2020

Location: Albireo Observatory (Korinthos, Greece) 

Exposure: 5x30 sec

Calibration: Darks, Flats, Bias

Optics: Vixen ED 81s

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: SBIG ST2000xm

Constellation: Ursa Major

Date: July 25, 2020

Location: Albireo Observatory (Korinthos, Greece) 

Exposure: 1x120 sec, L filter

Calibration: Darks, Flats, Bias

SH2-124

Not much can be said or read about Sh2-124 molecular hydrogen cloud in the north-east Cygnus frontiers. It is pretty large emission nebula, but not too bright. The whole area is filled with the hydrogen, so every place you look you can see red. Not much science work has been done there, it is even not certain which stars are responsible for exciting hydrogen to shine in red. Pretty mysterious nebulosity.

Optics: Vixen ED81s @ f/5.2
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)
Guiding: ST-237 guide chip of SBIG ST2000XM
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM
Filter Wheel: SBIG CFW9
Filters: Ha
CCD Temperature: 0 degrees Celsius
Constellation: Cygnus
Date: July 10, 2020
Location: Sekoulas - Ileia - Greece - Albireo Observatory 2
Exposure: 
Ha=12x1200 min bin 1x1
Calibration: Darks, Flats, Bias

Cygnus Wall

The Cygnus Wall is a ridge of star-forming gas and dust about 20 million light-years long in the North America Nebula, NGC 7000. Like a mountain range carved by the erosion of water and wind, the Cygnus Wall is shaped by the energetic radiation of the young, hot stars nearby. The dark shapes that snake through the ridge are cooled gases and dust, the birth place of new stars.

Optics: Vixen ED81s @ f/5.2
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)
Guiding: ST-237 guide chip of SBIG ST2000XM
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM
Filter Wheel: SBIG CFW9
Filters: Ha
CCD Temperature: 0 degrees Celsius
Constellation: Cygnus
Date: July 09, 2020
Location: Sekoulas - Ileia - Greece - Albireo Observatory 2
Exposure: 
Ha=12x1200 min bin 1x1
Calibration: Darks, Flats, Bias

IC 5076

IC 5076 (vdB 137, DG 165, Ced 185, LBN 394 and others) is a reflection nebula located approximately 5,700 light-years away in Cygnus. The stars around it appear to also be cataloged as open cluster NGC 6991.

Optics: Vixen ED81s @ f/5.2
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)
Guiding: ST-237 guide chip of SBIG ST2000XM
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM
Filter Wheel: SBIG CFW9
Filters: L,R,G,B
CCD Temperature: 0 degrees Celsius
Constellation: Cygnus
Date: July 08, 2020
Location: Sekoulas - Ileia - Greece - Albireo Observatory 2
Exposure: 
L=8x600 min bin 1x1
R=6x600 min bin 1x1
G=6x600 min bin 1x1
B=6x600 min bin 1x1
Calibration: Darks, Flats, Bias

Around Gamma Cygni (HaLRGB)

Supergiant star Gamma Cygni lies at the center of the Northern Cross, famous asterism in the constellation Cygnus the Swan. Known by its proper name, Sadr, the bright star lies at the bottom of this gorgeous skyscape, featuring a complex of stars, dust clouds, and glowing nebulae along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. The field of view spans almost 4 degrees (eight Full Moons) on the sky and includes emission nebula IC 1318 and open star cluster NGC 6910. Left of Gamma Cygni and shaped like two glowing cosmic wings divided by a long dark dust lane, IC 1318's popular name is understandably the Butterfly Nebula. Above and left of Gamma Cygni, are the young, still tightly grouped stars of NGC 6910. Some distance estimates for Gamma Cygni place it at around 1,800 light-years while estimates for IC 1318 and NGC 6910 range from 2,000 to 5,000 light-years.

Optics: Vixen ED81s @ f/5.2
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)
Guiding: ST-237 guide chip of SBIG ST2000XM
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM
Filter Wheel: SBIG CFW9
Filters: Ha,L,R,G,B
CCD Temperature: 0 degrees Celsius
Constellation: Cygnus
Date: July 06-07, 2020
Location: Sekoulas - Ileia - Greece - Albireo Observatory 2
Exposure: 
L=8x900 min bin 1x1
R=6x600 min bin 1x1
G=6x600 min bin 1x1
B=6x600 min bin 1x1
Ha=3x1200 min bin 1x1
Calibration: Darks, Flats, Bias