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NGC 7000 (North America Nebula), Marcel Trümper
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NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)

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NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)

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This photo of the NGC 7000 (North America Nebula) /  is my first astrophoto. I shot this with my Sony Alpha 6000 and the Sony SEL55210 telephoto zoom lens at a focal length of 135 mm (APS-C; 200 mm FF) and f/8.0. Unfortunately, this august was very cloudy in south-west germany, so I only had two evenings where I could acquire a total of 128 min exposure time. I mounted the camera on an iOptron SkyTracker Pro, which allowed me to take sub exposures of up to 120 s length.

I chose a wide field of view, because a) the chosen lens shows strong aberrations when using the full 210 mm focal length and b) I wanted to check if the faint Sh2-119 can be captured with my setup. Due to the dense star field, only a slight hint is noticable. The contrast could propably be improved by using an H-alpha filter. The final image ist cropped to the North America Nebula to meet file size restrictions.

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NGC 7000 (North America Nebula), Marcel Trümper