The Cocoon Nebula is a rare kind of phenomenon, as we will see below. Emission nebulae are often related to sites of massive star formation

How does it look like, the birth of stars? Are they easy to spot? Or are they hiding somewhere? Hot stars (like Menkib) can produce

So why do we need mosaic imaging sometimes? You always dreamed about a bigger telescope, right? But there are some beauties that just do not

The COVID-19 curfew in the Netherlands made the winter of 2020-2021 especially long. Not only you were working at the home office for months, but

Small telescope astrophotography, from a town with light pollution? Here we show you how we captured the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) from our hometown. Emission nebulae

How to set up the William Optics GT81 (or similar telescopes) on an iOptron CEM40 mount for astrophotography with ASIair Pro by ZWO? This post

The brightest star of the Leo constellation is alpha Leonis. Today it is known as Regulus, but it had a variety of names in different

The night skies have become barely accessible due to increasing light pollution. Satellite mega-constellations may eradicate it forever. Each year in April, the week of

Dust in space is abundant at places of star formation like the Horsehead Nebula – which is one of the most photographed celestial objects. It