NGC7000 and IC5070 - The North American nebula and the Pelican nebula

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The remarkable shape of the emission nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. The North America Nebula is large, covering an area of more than four times the size of the full moon; but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. The North America Nebula and the nearby Pelican Nebula, (IC 5070) are in fact parts of the same interstellar cloud of ionized hydrogen. The distance of the nebula complex is though to be approx 1800 light years away.

 

 

Details

M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse

T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x

C: QSI690-wsg with 3nm Ha filter and Starlight Express Trius M25C

 

This is a 2x2 pane mosaic for the Ha data

29x1800s in Ha

 

And 35x600s with the OSC camera.

 

This has been combined as LHaRGB

 

Total exposure time 20 hours and 20 minutes

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