The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) ... July 22, 2022 (Patrick Prokop)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 62 Cyg · IC 5070 · NGC 6989 · NGC 6997 · NGC 7000 · North America Nebula · Pelican Nebula · The star 56 Cyg · The star 57 Cyg · The star ξ Cyg

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) ... July 22, 2022, Patrick Prokop

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The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)
These are emission nebulae with the one on the left having a conspicuous resemblance to the North America Continent and the one on the lower right, that of a pelican bird. These are in the constellation Cygnus the Swan. It is large, covering an area of more than four times the size of the full moon; but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. It is about 1,600 light-years away.
I took this 3.5 hour image during another brief clear period in July and using a One-Shot-Color camera and the Optolong L-Enhance filter, which basically allows only the red and green-blue light to pass through to the camera sensor. On the next clear night, I plan to use an Ultra High Contrast (UHC) filter which allows more of the light that was filtered out with the L-eNhance filter. I am making a video of these different filters and cameras. The images consist of narrowband (Hydrogen Alpha, Sulfur2, and Oxygen3) and broadband (R-G-B) using the monochrome camera and the L-eNhance and UHC filters for the one-shot-color camera.
Telescope: Orion ED80T refractor with 0.8x field reducer
Focal length: 400mm ... f/4.8
Camera: ZWO ASI 071mc color, cooled to -10°C
Filter: Optolong L-eNhance
Subframes: 30 x 7mn
Calibration Frames: Flats, Dark-Flats, Darks ... 20 ea
Mount: Celestron CGEM
Capture software: N.I.N.A., CPWI, PHD2
Stacking: Deep SkyStacker
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Post-Processed in Photoshop

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