North America Nebula (NGC7000) & The Cygnus Wall, Nathan Morgan (TheAstroNate)

North America Nebula (NGC7000) & The Cygnus Wall

North America Nebula (NGC7000) & The Cygnus Wall, Nathan Morgan (TheAstroNate)

North America Nebula (NGC7000) & The Cygnus Wall

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This Image Taken From My Urban Austin Texas Backyard observatory. 37 hours of total exposure time!

North America Nebula (NGC7000) & The Cygnus Wall

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico.

Williams Optics 81GTF 81mm Refactor F6.6

QHY9 Mono Cooled -25c KAF8300

Hydrogen Alpha (HA) bin1x1 28x1200s (9 Hours 20 Minutes)

Oxygen III (OIII) bin1x1 78x1200s (26 Hours)

RED bin1x1 8x300s (40 Minutes)

GREEN bin1x1 8x300s (40 Minutes)

BLUE bin1x1 7x300s (35 Minutes)

Total Integration = 37 Hours

50 Dark Frames

50 Flat Frames

200 Bias Frames

Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop

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North America Nebula (NGC7000) & The Cygnus Wall, Nathan Morgan (TheAstroNate)