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NGC 7000 North America (Cygnus Wall), Michael Armentrout
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NGC 7000 North America (Cygnus Wall)

NGC 7000 North America (Cygnus Wall), Michael Armentrout
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NGC 7000 North America (Cygnus Wall)

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NGC 7000 North America (Cygnus Wall)

Another Night of exploring Earths view of our galactic neighborhood reveals the beautiful Cygnus wall. As an Astro photographer you may be surprised to know that this is the first time capturing this nebula  as it has never appealed to me lol I guess the fact that it is most recognized for the resemblance of country i live in detoured me away. However 3 or 4 years later Zooming in brings a beautiful sight especially in the SHO (Hubble Palette)  I Hope you enjoy as i have!!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.At optical wavelengths, the North America Nebula and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) appear distinct as they are separated by the silhouette of the dark band of interstellar dust L935. The dark cloud is however transparent to radio waves and infrared radiation, and these wavelengths reveal the central regions of Sh2-117 that are not visible to an ordinary telescope, including many highly luminous stars.Technical Stuff:
6.5 hours of total integration
28x300s SII
28x300s HA
28x300s OIII
Scope: ASKAR 130 PHQ (1000mm Focal length)
Guide scope: ASKAR OAG
Mount: Ioptron CEM70
Main Camera: ZWO 294mm pro (Bin 2 120gain)
Guide Camera: ZWO 174mm mini
Focuser: ZWO EAF
Filter wheel: ZWO EFW
Filters: ANTILA 3nm SII HA and OIII
Capture Computer: MELE Quieter 3
Capture software: NINA
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