Veil Nebula mosaic

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Cygnus

Date: August 19, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 4 panel mosaic, 4x16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Sadr area mosaic

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Cygnus

Date: August 19, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 4 panel mosaic, 4x16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

North American Nebula mosaic

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Cygnus

Date: August 18, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 9 panel mosaic, 9x16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

NGC 7822 - Cosmic Question Mark

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Cepheus

Date: August 17, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

 

Eagle Nebula area

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Serpens

Date: August 16, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

IC 5068 : The Forsaken Nebula

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Cygnus

Date: August 13, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Heart and Baby Nebula

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Cassiopeia

Date: August 12, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 4-pannel mosaic 4x16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Bubble Nebula area

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: Ha

Constellation: Cassiopeia

Date: August 11, 2025

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece 

Exposure Time: 16x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Berkeley 90 and companions

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L (stopped @ f/4)

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono) 

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED 

Filters: Ha 

Constellation: Cygnus 

Date: Aug 6, 2025 

Location: Achaia- Greece - Albireo Observatory 3 

Exposure Time:

4 panel mosaic 

Ha: 4x6x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Baby Nebula

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L (stopped @ f/4)

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono) 

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED 

Filters: Ha 

Constellation: Cassiopeia

Date: August 5, 2025 

Location: Achaia- Greece - Albireo Observatory 3 

Exposure Time: 

Ha: 6x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Heart Nebula area

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono) 

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED 

Filters: Ha 

Constellation: Cassiopeia

Date: July 30, 2025 

Location: Korinthos - Greece - Albireo Observatory 1 

Exposure Time: 

Ha: 18x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Lagoon Nebula area

 

Imaging Lens: Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L (stopped @ f/4)

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono) 

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED 

Filters: Ha 

Constellation: Sagittarius 

Date: July 26, 2025 

Location: Korinthos - Greece - Albireo Observatory 1 

Exposure Time: 

Ha: 18x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

NGC 1435 - Merope Nebula

 

The beautiful Merope Nebula in M45, the Pleiades star cluster. The nebula reflects the blue light from the 4th magnitude star, Merope, embedded within it. It consists mostly of hydrogen gas and carbon dust particles. It is only one section of the much larger nebula encasing the entire Pleiades star cluster. Once thought to be the birth cloud of the stars within the cluster, studies of the velocities of the stars compared to the nebula reveal that we are seeing a lucky coincidence of the star cluster simply passing through the cloud at the present time. 

Imaging Telescope: Vixen VC200L f/6.4

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod)

Camera: QHY 533M

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Filters: LRGB

Constellation: Taurus

Date: October 26, 2024

Location: Korinthos - Greece - Albireo Observatory 1

Exposure Time:

L: 30x120 sec (gain: 50.00, offset: 60.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

R: 20x120 sec (gain: 50.00, offset: 60.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

G: 20x120 sec (gain: 50.00, offset: 60.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

B: 40x120 sec (gain: 50.00, offset: 60.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Calibration Frames: Darks, Flats, Bias, Dark Flats

Acquisition: N.I.N.A

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

The Bubble Nebula

 

The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) is an HII region in the constellation Cassiopeia. Its iconic “bubble” shape was created from the stellar wind created by the intensely hot central star (SAO 20575). Also designated Sharpless 162, and Caldwell 11, this unmistakable emission nebula sits within a giant, glowing molecular cloud. The Bubble itself is about 10 light-years in diameter.

Imaging Telescope: Vixen ED81s f/7.7 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Filter Wheel: QHY CFW3S-SR 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Constellation: Cassiopeia

Date: 17-18 Aug 2024 

Location: Albireo Observatory 2, Ileia, Greece

Sky brightness: B2

Exposure Time: 

L: 50x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

R: 30x120 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

G: 30x120 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

B: 30x120 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Ha: 20x900 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Acquisition: N.I.N.A v3 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Barnard 148

 

B148 is a dark nebula located in the Cepheus constellation 1200 light years away from Earth. It is also known as the Seahorse Nebula or the Dark Seahorse Nebula due to its shape. The nebula is about 1° long and it is formed by three dense gas cores labeled L1082 A, B and C. These dense gas cores are star formation regions. 

Imaging Telescope: Vixen ED81s f/7.7 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Filter Wheel: QHY CFW3S-SR 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Constellation: Cepheus

Date: 12 Aug 2024 

Location: Albireo Observatory 2, Ileia, Greece

Sky brightness: B2

Exposure Time: 

L: 20x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A v3 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)

The Crescent Nebula, or NGC 6888 as it is formally known, is a distinctive emission nebula that stretches about 25 lightyears across and is located about 5,000 lightyears away from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. Discovered by William Herschel in 1792, the Crescent Nebula is produced by a type of star known as a Wolf-Rayet.

 

Imaging Telescope: Vixen ED81s f/7.7 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Filter Wheel: QHY CFW3S-SR 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Constellation: Cygnus

Date: 10-11 Aug 2024 

Location: Albireo Observatory 2, Ileia, Greece

Sky brightness: B2

Exposure Time: 

L: 50x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

R: 30x120 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

G: 30x120 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

B: 30x120 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Ha: 20x900 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1

Acquisition: N.I.N.A v3 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)

This is a 2x2 mosaic of Pelican Nebula. The Pelican Nebula is a star-forming region about 30 light years wide located 1,800 lightyears from Earth. It is also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067, and is found near bright star Deneb in the Cygnus constellation.

 

Imaging Telescope: Vixen ED81s f/7.7 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Filter Wheel: QHY CFW3S-SR 

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Constellation: Cygnus

Date: 3-4 Aug 2024 

Location: Albireo Observatory 2, Ileia, Greece

Sky brightness: B2

Exposure Time: 

4-pannel mosaic

Ha: 36x600 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A v3 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Messier 17

                                    

M17, also known as the Omega Nebula or Swan Nebula, is one of the largest star-forming regions in the Milky Way galaxy. The Omega Nebula was discovered in 1745 by the Swiss astronomer Jean-Philippe Loys de Chéseaux. It is located 5,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The nebula has an apparent magnitude of 6 and can be seen with a pair of binoculars. M17, which appears near M16 and M18 in the sky, is best viewed on clear nights in August.

Imaging Telescope: Vixen ED81s f/7.7 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Filter Wheel: QHY CFW3S-SR 

Filters: L,R,G,B

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Constellation: Sagittarius

Date: 13-14 Aug 2024 

Location: Albireo Observatory 3, Achaia, Greece

Sky brightness: B2

Exposure Time: 

L: 20x300 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

R: 20x60 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

G: 20x60 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

B: 20x60 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A v3 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

Barnard 147 area in Cygnus

This narrowband image presents a series of objects, highlight by Barnard 147 at top left, located in the constellation of Cygnus at a declination of +35 degrees.  Barnard 147 is located about 1.5 degrees east of Sh2-101 (Tulip Nebula). The image is filled with several LDN nebulae including LDN 856, 852, 849 and 848.

Imaging Telescope: Vixen ED81s f/7.7 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Filter Wheel: QHY CFW3S-SR 

Filters: Ha

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Constellation: Cygnus

Date: 09-10 Aug 2024 

Location: Albireo Observatory 2, Ileia, Greece

Sky brightness: B3

Exposure Time: 

4-pannel mosaic

Ha: 27x600 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A v3 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop

 

Barnard 104

 

Barnard 104 is a dark nebula in the constellation Scutum , just north of the star Beta Scuti. It is commonly called the Fishhook Nebula, the Checkmark Nebula, and the "L" Nebula. Dark nebulae – or absorption nebulae – are clouds of gas and dust in space dense enough to obscure and block light from background stars. These vast clouds are mostly composed of molecular hydrogen. Often, they are locations where material is coalescing to form new stars.

Imaging Telescope: Vixen ED81s f/7.7 

Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Synscan Pro (belt mod) 

Camera: QHY 533M 

Filter Wheel: QHY CFW3S-SR 

Filters: L

Guiding camera: ZWO ASI120MM Mini (mono)

Guidescope: SkyWatcher EvoGuide 50ED

Constellation: Scutum

Date: 13 July 2024 

Location: Korinthos - Greece - Albireo Observatory 1

Sky brightness: B6

Exposure Time: 

L: 20x120 sec (gain: 56.00, offset: 12.00) 0°C bin 1×1 

Acquisition: N.I.N.A v3 

Processing: Pixinsight, Photoshop