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NGC7000, The Cygnus Wall, Chris Plonski
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NGC7000, The Cygnus Wall

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NGC7000, The Cygnus Wall

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NGC7000 is best known as the North America Nebula and is an emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus.  The brighter reddish area just below the center of this image is known as the Cygnus Wall and is an intense star forming region.  NGC7000 is located 2590 light years away and 140 light years across. This image was shot using a monochrome camera with Ha and OIII narrowband filters to capture the main nebula and Red, Green and Blue broadband filters to capture the star colors. Total acquisition time is about 23 hours.

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NGC7000, The Cygnus Wall, Chris Plonski