My, my, what an awful summer this has been. Between rain, clouds and smoke from the fires in Canada, time out doing astrophotography has been somewhat rare.

Nevertheless, I recently got a grabbed a couple of nights out under the stars. And these are the results.

This a very widefield image of the area around NGC-6888, the crescent nebula. The crescent is that small blob in the center of the image. The rest of the image is covered by huge clouds of hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen and dust. The clouds of hydrogen glow red as they are energized by the nearby stars and glow in much the same way as a neon tube. (Am I dating myself there?)

This is also a widefield image around the area of NGC-7000, the North American Nebula. The reason for the name should be apparent looking at the image.

This is also an area rich in energized hydrogen gas that glows red.