The constellation Canis Minor photographed with a RASA telescope and cooled astronomy camera. Learn more about it and see pictures!

Cassiopeia is one of the brightest and most recognizable constellations in the night sky. It is very easy to find thanks to its obvious "W" (or "M") shape, and contains several popular deep sky objects! Cassiopeia is often used to star hop to the North Star, Polaris. The constellation stays visible high in the sky for most of the year, making its celestial objects popular targets for amateur astrophotographers. Cassiopeia Constellation Astrophotography I decided to image

Canis Major is one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky, and is home to the brightest star of all: Sirius! Sirius is also known as "The Dog Star" as it makes up the area just below the head of the dog-shaped constellation. This is the first light with our new DSLR camera: The Canon Ra! We are very excited to now have this camera which will help us capture much better wide-field images of the night sky. As you can see below, several HA regions really pop ou

Cygnus is one of the largest constellations in the night sky, and is very easy to find due to the brightness of its main stars. The brightest one, Deneb, is one of the three stars known for making the "Summer Triangle", the two other ones being Altair (from the constellation Aquila) and Vega (from Lyra). Cygnus represents a swan, and is often seen as the Northern Cross. Cygnus Constellation Astrophotography We decided to image Cygnus randomly while trying out the Omegon Mini