Me and the Milky Way

Standing in dark conditions and making sure to get night vision with the Milky Way over the sea is a beautiful sight. Seeing the dust clouds of our galaxy the Milky Way visually is a fantastic experience. This picture was taken last Saturday night with myself standing on a cliff looking over the Baltic Sea.

Light pollution threatens the night sky and wildlife and all the satellites are also destroying the night sky. what will we see in the future when we look up at the starry sky? Will this view be gone? This week is International Dark Sky Week https://darksky.org/ check out the website and help to protect the night sky.

Cygnus nebulosity

The constellation Cygnus (The Swan) is extremely rich in nebulosity and gas clouds because it lies directly in the plane of the Milky Way. It is one of the most active regions of star formation and contains several known emission nebulae and supernova remnants.

Here are some of the most prominent nebulae in Cygnus:

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000): A large emission nebula resembling the North American continent, complete with a "Gulf of Mexico". It is located near the star Deneb.

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070): Located right next to the North America Nebula and separated only by a dark dust cloud.

The Veil Nebula (Cygnus Loop / Veil Nebula): A gigantic supernova remnant formed by a massive star that exploded 10,000–20,000 years ago. It consists of several filaments (veils) that stretch across the sky.

Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888): An emission nebula created by stellar winds from a Wolf-Rayet star, located about 5,000 light-years away.

Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318): Located in the region around the star Sadr, in the center of the constellation.

Cygnus also contains the Cygnus Molecular Nebula Complex (Swan Complex), a huge cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being born. Because of all this nebulosity and dust, the region is a popular target for astrophotography.

Single exposure by the east coast of  Sweden

Solar Prominences

A solar prominence is a massive, bright feature extending outward from the Sun's surface into its outer atmosphere (the corona). 

They consist of relatively cool, dense plasma—primarily hydrogen and helium—held in place by tangled magnetic field lines.

When seen at the edge of the Sun against space, they appear as bright, glowing loops (often pinkish-red). When viewed against the bright solar disk, they look like dark, snake-like lines called filaments.