Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 5068  ·  IC 5070  ·  NGC 6989  ·  NGC 6997  ·  NGC 7000  ·  North America Nebula  ·  Pelican Nebula  ·  The star 56Cyg  ·  The star 57Cyg  ·  The star ξCyg
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Dust Cloud (L935) between North America and Pelican Nebulae, Jian Yuan Peng
Dust Cloud (L935) between North America and Pelican Nebulae
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Dust Cloud (L935) between North America and Pelican Nebulae

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Dust Cloud (L935) between North America and Pelican Nebulae, Jian Yuan Peng
Dust Cloud (L935) between North America and Pelican Nebulae
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Dust Cloud (L935) between North America and Pelican Nebulae

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I was amazed by the dark cloud(L935) which separates North America and the Pelican nebulae after processed this image. I decided to upside down the framing and it looked like a dragon head and Xi Cygni (Spectroscopic Binary) star looked like a dragon ball. 
Hope you like the way I presenting. This image is SHO color mapping.
C & & are welcome.
Jian Yuan Peng

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Dust Cloud (L935) between North America and Pelican Nebulae
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) locates in the constellation Cygnus and is described as a "faint, most extremely large, diffuse nebulosity”. The shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with the prominent Gulf of Mexico.
The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus and lies right next to the North America Nebula(NGC7000) where both nebulae are part of the same large and complex star-forming region and are divided by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust(L935). This recognizable figure of the Pelican Nebula crosses nearly 2,000 light-years away. Both Pelican and North America are much studied because it has a highly active mix of star formation and evolving 
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Technical details:
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4
Reducer: Takahashi 0.73X Reducer Corrector f/3.6
Telescope Mount: Ioptorn CEM40EC
Image Camera: ZWO ASI6200MM
Software: PHD2, PixInsight, Lightroom 6.4, Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CS6, StarNet++
Location: Palo Alto, California, USA
PhotometricColorCalibration data (preCorp):
Resolution ............... 2.000 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -179.671 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2021-06-16 06:43:47 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2021-07-18 11:29:28 UTC
Focal distance ........... 387.84 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 5d 12' 33.2" x 3d 27' 24.1"
Image center ............. RA: 20 57 08.884  Dec: +43 55 09.96
         Astrodon 50mm Unmounted 3nm Narrowband Ha, SII, OIII filters
Blue   50x90"      75 Minutes  Bin1x1 
Green  50x90"      75 Minutes  Bin1x1 
Red    50x90"      75 Minutes  Bin1x1 
Ha     56x1200"   18.6 Hours   Bin1x1  
OIII   56x1200"   18.6 Hours   Bin1x1 
SII    49x1200"   16.3 Hours   Bin1x1

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