The cosmic butterfly
This intresting HII region in the constellation of Cygnus appears in the shape of a butterfly because a dense patch of dust blocks most...
Ville Miettinen
- Mar 25
The Medusa Nebula
In the constellation of Gemini at a distance of 1500 light-years away lies an old planetary nebula called Abell 21, also known as the...
Ville Miettinen
- Mar 24
Revisiting the Wizard
In late 2021 I shot the Wizard Nebula as one of my side-projects (seen here), but the data wasn't that great due to poor quality data....
Ville Miettinen
- Nov 11, 2021
Lion's roar
Sh2-132, also nicknamed as the Lion nebula is 10,000 to 12,000 light-years away from Earth in the Perseus arm of our Galaxy. The...
Ville Miettinen
- Oct 10, 2021
Hidden jewel of Cygnus
In 1867 a french astronomer and assistant of Paris Observatory, Charles Wolf and the founder and director of the Bordeaux Observatory,...
Ville Miettinen
- Sep 12, 2021
Seahorse nebula
This elongated dark nebula is called Barnard 150. It's sometimes referred as the Seahorse nebula for obvious reasons. An American...
Ville Miettinen
- Apr 18, 2021
The Wizard Nebula
This open cluster (NGC 7380) was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. It is located in the constellation of Cepheus. The surrounding...
Ville Miettinen
- Apr 14, 2021
Jellyfish nebula
IC443 also know as the Jellyfish Nebula is a supernova remnant in the constellation of Gemini, approx. 5000 light-years from Earth. This...
Ville Miettinen
- Apr 5, 2021
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula
This menacing figure is a concentration of gas and dust 2400 light-year's away in the constellation of Cepheus. It is named as The...
Ville Miettinen
- Apr 1, 2021
Cosmic bloom
This nebula is part of the Monoceros molecular cloud and it is nicknamed as The Rosette Nebula. It is not hard to see why as it resembles...
Ville Miettinen
- Mar 11, 2021
Eye of Cepheus
The space between stars is not a perfect vacuum. Instead there is tiny amounts of dust and gas between them. Given enough time these gas...
Ville Miettinen
- Feb 21, 2021
Stellar nursery
About 1600 light years from Earth lies Orion B molecular cloud complex. Reflection nebulae in it are illuminated by bright blue starlight...
Ville Miettinen
- Feb 10, 2021
Flames of Auriga
The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) is a combination of emission and reflection nebulae in the constellation of Auriga. The nebula is mainly...
Ville Miettinen
- Jan 18, 2021
Ancient planetary nebula HDW2
This planetary nebula was first discovered by an American astronomer Stewart Sharpless in 1959. He included it in his catalogue of HII...
Ville Miettinen
- Jan 10, 2021
Hind's variable nebula
The dark nebulosity in the image is illuminated by a young star T Tauri, it was discovered in October 1852 by an English astronomer John...
Ville Miettinen
- Dec 15, 2020
Soul nebula
Soul nebula is one of my favorite targets in the night sky, I really like bridge of bright hydrogen gas in the middle that shines...