NGC 7000: The North America Nebula (Ginungagap42)

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NGC 7000: The North America Nebula

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). It is named because its shape resembles North America.

The North America Nebula covers a region more than ten times the area of the full moon, but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye.Binoculars and telescopes with large fields of view (approximately 3°) will show it as a foggy patch of light under sufficiently dark skies. However, using a UHC filter, which filters out some unwanted wavelengths of light, it can be seen without magnification under dark skies. Its shape and reddish color (from the hydrogen Hα emission line) show up only in photographs of the area.The portion of the nebula resembling Mexico and Central America is known as the Cygnus Wall. This region exhibits the most concentrated star formation.

In 2020, the Gaia astrometry spacecraft measured the distances to 395 stars lying within the HII region, giving the North America and Pelican nebulae a distance of 2,590 light years (795±25 parsecs). The entire HII region Sh2-117 is estimated to be 140 light years across, and the North America nebula stretches 90 light years north to south.
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This was shot in Sii/Ha/Oiii, with RGB subs for the stars, in June of 2023 from my backyard in Virginia.

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RA (center)	20h58m25s.16
RA (top/left)	21h02m12s.98
RA (top/right)	20h54m38s.93
RA (bottom/right)	20h54m44s.33
RA (bottom/left)	21h02m04s.68

Dec (center)	+43°58′52″.6
Dec (top/left)	+44°52′29″.2
Dec (top/right)	+44°52′43″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+43°04′45″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°04′32″.10

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