


I like the central part of Auriga very much. Besides the huge Messier open clusters many tiny but spectacular open clusters and a variety of diffuse nebulae are hiding here. This is a very suitable place for small aperture wide field drawings where you can compose beautiful fields like this one. A tiny gem, NGC 1907 is hiding in the shadows of M 38. The small open cluster is elogated but shows no signs of resolution due to the small enlargement. Two diffuse nebulae fit into the field: the compact and brighter NGC 1931 and the bigger but still not that faint IC 417.

Antlia galaxy
The grand spiral galaxy of Antlia

Pyxis planetary nebula
Planetary nebula in the constellation of Pyxis

Chamaeleon planetary nebula
Planetary nebula in Chamaeleon

Grus planetary nebula
Big planetary nebula in Grus

Virgo galaxies
Arp 240 interacting galaxies in Virgo

Volans galaxy
The great spiral galaxy of Volans