NGC 7000 and IC 5070 North America and Pelican Nebulae in Narrowband (Eshan Toorabally)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 56 Cyg · 57 Cyg · B355 · IC 5070 · NGC 6997 · NGC 7000 · North America nebula · Pelican nebula · Sh2-117 · The star 56Cyg · The star 57Cyg

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NGC 7000 and IC 5070 North America and Pelican Nebulae in Narrowband

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NGC 7000 and IC 5070 North America and Pelican Nebulae in Narrowband

The North America and Pelican nebulae are situated in the Cygnus constellation and are thought to be 1800 light years away. My favourite part of the image is "The Wall", which is the "Mexico" part of the North America nebula and is a source of intense star formation.

What a difference a year makes (hopefully...)! When I first moved onto a mono camera from a DSLR, the first image I produced was of this scene and it is still on my Astrobin profile to remind me of my progress! Hopefully this version is much better in terms of focus and processing, but there is always room to improve!

This image could do with more integration, but I like the result. The main image is my go-to "natural blend" narrowband (as originally suggested by Jon Rista on Cloudy Nights):

R = 76%*Ha + 24%*SII

G = OIII

B = 85%*OIII + 15%*Ha

I also attempted a Hubble palette version which I've included as an intermediate image. Happy to receive any feedback on which version is better - I personally prefer the "natural blend" both in terms of look and ease of processing!

Thanks for looking!

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Description: This is an attempted Hubble palette SHO version of this image. I find the Hubble palette really difficult to process in terms of magenta stars and trying to get the colours right!

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RA (center)	20h55m24s.19
RA (top/left)	21h01m48s.94
RA (top/right)	20h49m11s.28
RA (bottom/right)	20h49m09s.37
RA (bottom/left)	21h01m26s.63

Dec (center)	+43°58′22″.3
Dec (top/left)	+44°45′46″.8
Dec (top/right)	+44°48′46″.9
Dec (bottom/right)	+43°09′35″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°06′43″.9

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