Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  62 Cyg  ·  NGC 6997  ·  NGC 7000  ·  North America Nebula  ·  The star 57 Cyg  ·  The star ξ Cyg
Caldwell 20 - NGC7000 - North American Nebula -, Geoff Scott
Caldwell 20 - NGC7000 - North American Nebula -
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Caldwell 20 - NGC7000 - North American Nebula -

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The North America Nebula is large star formation nebula ~1600 Light Years away in the constellation Cygnus. It covers an area four times the width of the full moon and does not quite fit this frame.

This object only gets about 15 degrees above the northern horizon at meridian crossing, so is quite difficult to image from my Southern location. The basic shape and some contrast detail has emerged from this dark sky location, so I'm quite pleased with this.

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Caldwell 20 - NGC7000 - North American Nebula -, Geoff Scott