North America & Pelican Nebula (David Krause)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 56 Cyg · 57 Cyg · 62 Cyg · 62 ksi Cyg · B349 · B355 · IC 5070 · LBN 334 · LBN 338 · LBN 342 · LBN 343 · LBN 348 · LBN 349 · LBN 350 · LBN 353 · LBN 354 · LBN 356 · LBN 359 · LBN 363 · LBN 371 · LBN 373 · LBN 378 · LDN 933 · LDN 935 · LDN 936 · LDN 940 · NGC 6989 · NGC 6997 · NGC 7000 · North America Nebula · And 5 more.

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North America & Pelican Nebula

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North America & Pelican Nebula

Here is the North America Nebula (NGC 7000/Caldwell 20) along with the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070). They are star-forming emission nebulae approximately 1,500 light-years from earth located in Cygnus. They are pretty big in apparent size from our perspective covering an area more than four times the size of a full moon! In the image, NGC 7000 is on the left and IC 5070 is on the right. The two nebulae are divided by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.

We used a color camera with a dual narrowband filter to better capture the ionized hydrogen and oxygen, which will naturally come out mostly red. However, my wife has been advancing her skills in Pixinsight to be able to create this SHO-like image (she’s pretty awesome).

Imaged with N.I.N.A.
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)
Narrowband imaging
WO Redcat 71 Group
Hydrogen and Oxygen Narrowband Only!
N.I.N.A. Users
Cooled Color Cams
North Carolina Astronomers
Cloudy Nights
Duo-band, Tri-band, and Quad-band Imaging
Antlia ALP-T 5nm Dual Narrowband Filter

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Astrometry.net job	7869700
PixInsight job	V9ZV0PN9IKYODTJJN7IFIHKV7U21RPB2
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h56m27s.52
RA (top/left)	21h07m00s.79
RA (top/right)	20h49m31s.44
RA (bottom/right)	20h46m11s.19
RA (bottom/left)	21h03m00s.85

Dec (center)	+44°09′12″.2
Dec (top/left)	+44°56′21″.9
Dec (top/right)	+45°46′59″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+43°18′29″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+42°29′54″.7

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