Imaging telescope or lens:Takahashi FSQ 106 EDX III
Imaging camera:QSI 683 WSG8
Mount:Paramount MyT
Guiding telescope or lens:Takahashi FSQ 106 EDX III
Guiding camera:Astrolumina QHY5L-II m
Software:PixInsight
Resolution: 2457x2712
Dates: Sept. 19, 2016
Frames: 44x1800"
Integration: 22.0 hours
Avg. Moon age: 17.84 days
Avg. Moon phase: 89.66%
Astrometry.net job: 1250261
RA center: 314.735 degrees
DEC center: 43.789 degrees
Pixel scale: 2.098 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -179.483 degrees
Field radius: 1.066 degrees
Locations: Deep Sky West Observatory, Rowe, MN, United States
Data source: Unknown
The southern part of the North America Nebula, NGC7000, with a dramatic cloudy ridge also known as the Cygnus Wall - the most active star forming regions in the nebula.
This image is composed of Ha, OIII, and SII frames with a total of 22 hours of exposure time. Data taken at the Deep Sky West Observatory. Processing was pretty straight-forward because of the excellent raw data.
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