North America Nebula (Steve Robbins)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 62 Cyg · NGC 7000 · North America Nebula · The star ξ Cyg

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North America Nebula

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I agreed to do some imaging at a star party sponsored by the National Park Service at the Golden Spike monument in northern Utah. I needed a new target that would be visible for the duration and selected the North America Nebula. I decided to use my ED80 because it is so portable. We had a great night, except the smoke from the California fires came in, and the data looked good so I finished it up from my backyard, about 30 miles away. I used the SHO pallet to do the main color mapping but also included LUM data for detail. Three stars that are much brighter and larger than our sun are primarily responsible for the illumination of the nebula, but are behind the dark dust. This gives the image an interesting contrast between the glowing gases of the nebula and the dark, dense dust blocking the illuminating stars. In this orientation, it appears the low density dust is like rain falling from a dark cloud.

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