Aldebaran S

The Cocoon Nebula along with its trail of dark nebulosity. 11 hours of LRGB combined with 10 hours of hydrogen-alpha exposure

Fish rising into the heavens! NGC896 or the Fish-head nebula, part of the famous Heart nebula. 

a colorful object in the middle of the night sky

The Pac-man nebula. Also looks like a mushroom cloud. Color variation shows rich chemistry. 

Six panel high resolution mosaic of the Cygnus region from the Butterfly nebula to the Crescent nebula. 3 hours of integration for each panel from a dark sky location in Spain. Zoom in for details in the various regions.

"My God...its full of stars" as David Bowman said in 2001: A Space Odyssey. This is M11, the Wild Duck Cluster. One can also see the various dark lanes surrounding the cluster