Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  LBN 354
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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall in Appproximate True Color, Alex Woronow
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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall in Appproximate True Color

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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall in Appproximate True Color, Alex Woronow
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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall in Appproximate True Color

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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall in Appproximate True Color

OTA: CDK 14”8
Observatory: Remote Skies
Free Data (unstretched stacks of S,H,O totalling 10 hrs)                
Image Width: 45 arc-minutes
Processed by Alex Woronow (2022) using PixInsight, Skylum, SWT

I couldn’t help myself! This region’s complexity just calls for excessiveness. The structural complexity and tangle of gas emissions beg for an artistic rendering--so, I had no choice!

This is my version of a “True Color” mapping of the narrowband data. The SII is pure red, the Ha has a touch of green added to its predominant red, and SII is a mix of blue and green that slightly favors the green. And, where there’s Ha, there Hb…about 35% as strong as the Ha, so that added some pure blue.

Mix it all up and color-calibrate the stars and then all that is left is to enhance the colors and structures. The result is this fractured-oil-slick of a cloud.

{Thanks to Remote Skies Observatory for the free data!}
Alex

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NGC 7000 Cygnus Wall in Appproximate True Color, Alex Woronow

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