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NGC 7000 The North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 7000 The North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula

NGC 7000 The North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula, Frank Colosimo
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NGC 7000 The North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula

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NGC 7000 (Sharpless 2-117, Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in Cygnus not far from Deneb. It is commonly called the 'North America' nebula due to its shape which has a remarkable similarity to the continent. In this wide view, the Pelican Nebula, (IC 5070) can also be seen to the right. The red cloud of ionized hydrogen is made more visible in the photograph by use of an HA filter which increases the contrast of this relatively faint emission.

Date: June 2014

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics: Takahashi FSQ106ED 530 mm focal length

Mount: Orion Atlas

Camera: SBIG STL 11000

Guiding: SBIG onboard guide chip

Exposure: RGBHA - R:9x6 min, G:9x6 min, B:9x6 min, HA: 10x10 min for a total of 4.4 hrs

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing with Photoshop. HA was blended with the Red channel. A synthetic luminance was created by blending all the channels.

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NGC 7000 The North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula, Frank Colosimo

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