Dark Nebulae Front and Center! NGC7000-IC5070 in SHO (Arnie)

Dark Nebulae Front and Center! NGC7000-IC5070 in SHO

To go along with my recently posted wide-field (and upside-down!) NGC 7000/IC 5070 shot in natural color, I also collected data in Sulphur-II for a narrowband image. It's incredible to me how much better the dark nebulae show up in this version. It makes it so much more obvious that the North American and Pelican nebulae are not two separate objects, but actually one large nebula bisected by a bridge of dark dust crossing in front.

Details:
Two panel mosaic
SharpStar 150HNT2.8
ZWO ASI6200MM-Pro with ZWO R, G, B and Baader Hi-speed Ha, Oiii and Sii filters
18 x 10 minutes H-alpha each panel
22 x 10 minutes Oiii each panel
22 x 10 minutes Sii each panel
10 x 30 seconds each R, G, B each panel
Calibrated, stacked and initial processing in AstroPixel Processor
Denoised in Topaz Labs DenoiseAI
Final combine, contrast and saturation tweaks in Photoshop using Carboni's Astronomy Tools

Arnie

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