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NGC 7000: Longer Nights, a New Mount, and North America in One Frame
Introduction: NGC 7000: Longer Nights, a New Mount, and North America in One Frame The nights are finally getting longer again, and this time I could fit the ent...
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Chasing the Elephant's Trunk: A Late-Arriving SII Channel and a Race to the Deadline
Introduction: This one came down to the wire. When the SVBONY August Challenge landed on the Elephant's Trunk, I already had the Ha/OIII data in the bag, but I w...
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NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula in HOO from a Backyard Refractor
Introduction: NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula in HOO from a Backyard Refractor \n\nNGC 6888 is a Wolf-Rayet bubble in Cygnus, formed as the fast wind of the centra...
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Getting Ready for the Partial Solar Eclipse of 12 August 2026
Introduction: Getting Ready for the Partial Solar Eclipse of 12 August 2026 On the 12th of August, Germany gets a deep partial solar eclipse. Depending on where...
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The Iris Nebula – First Light for the SVBONY Setup (and Why Old Data Deserves a Second Look)
Introduction: The Iris Nebula – First Light for the SVBONY Setup (and Why Old Data Deserves a Second Look) Some 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Cep...
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Chasing the Veil: A Seven-Night Mosaic of NGC 6992 and NGC 6960
Introduction: I'd planned to finish in four nights. In the end it took seven, and two mosaic tiles turned into five. The plan was the SVBONY Veil Nebula Challeng...
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M8 & M20 (SVBONY June Photography Challenge: Capture the Summer Duo)
Introduction: 55 x 120 Sec. Calibration: darks, flats and darkflats. Processed in Siril with background extraction (GraXpert AI), spcc, abberation remover, denoi...
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