North America & Pelican Nebula (Edit 20180719)

The North America Nebula (NGC7000)

The Pelican Nebula (IC5070 & IC5067)

 

Shooting Location :

* 51° N 3° E

* bortle class 6 backyard

 

Object Information - North America Nebula

* Designation : NGC 7000

* Type : Emission nebula - HII region

* Magnitude : 4

* Location (J2000.0): RA 20h 59m 17s / DEC +44° 31' 44"

* Approximate distance : 490 parsecs / 1600 lightyears

 

Object Information - Pelican Nebula

* Designation : IC 5070

* Type : Emission nebula - HII region

* Magnitude : 8

* Location (J2000.0): RA 20h 50m 48s / DEC +44° 21' 00"

* Approximate distance : 550 parsecs / 1800 lightyears

 

Hardware

* Mount : Celestron CGX

* Imaging Scope : Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM II @ 135mm

* Imaging Camera : ZWO ASI 183MM

* Filter Wheel : ZWO EFW 7*36mm + Baader Ha 7nm, Baader OIII 8.5nm & Baader SII 8.5nm

*Guide Scope : Sky-Watcher StarTravel 80

* Guide Camera : ZWO ASI 120MM

 

Exposures

* Single Exposure Length : 120sec

* Sensor Temperature : -20°C

* Gain : 111

* Offset : 10

* Light Frames :

> Baader Ha : 35x

> Baader OIII : 22x

> Baader S2 : 18x

* Flat Frames :

> Baader Ha : 25x

> Baader OIII : 25x

> Baader S2 : 25x

* Dark Frames : 30x

* Bias Frames : 100x

* Total Integration Time : 2h30m

* Capture Date : 2018-07-01

 

Capture Software

* Sequence Generator Pro

* PHD2 Guiding

 

Processing Software

* Astro Pixel Processor 1.061

* Adobe Photoshop

 

Color Mapping

* L : Ha (base) + 33% SII + 33% OIII

* R : SII

* G : Ha

* B : OIII

Done