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North American Nebula, Greg
North American Nebula
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North American Nebula

North American Nebula, Greg
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North American Nebula

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This was taken with an unmodified DSLR, we don't see the bright pink/red Ha emissions that would be visible with a dedicated astronomy camera. The image is cropped and rotated to match the orientation of a map. The bright star on the left where Hawaii would be is Zeta Cygni

The lens is an old manual focus Nikon that I got used for about $20. It's built very sturdy (all metal & glass), is easy to focus, and has an awesome built-in dew shield. At f/4 the stars don't look very good, but when stopped down to f/5.6 they get better, and the diffraction pattern looks pretty cool. This image was at f/5.6.

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North American Nebula, Greg