North America Nebula 2024
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he North America nebula is expansive, stretching across a piece of the sky that could hold 10 moons. It is faint in the ordinary light spectrum but glows brightly when you filter on hydrogen alpha. Like many emission nebulae, its gases are being energized from the output of a nearby star and this causes them to emit radiation on their own. It is separated from its neighbor, the Pelican Nebula, by a massive formation of planetary dust. Four hours and thirty minutes of exposure later, here we are. NGC7000, IC5070, the Cygnus Wall, and a whole lot of gas, dust, and stars. I present my personal favorite edition I've done of the North America Nebula.
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Image details
| Telescope: | William Optics Redcat 71 | |
| Length: | 350mm | |
| Aperture: | 71mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.66 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2024-05-10 to 2024-05-10 | |
| Lights: | 50 | |
| Exposure: | 300 | |
| Total exposure: | 4 h | |
| Ra: | 20h 59m 23.8s | |
| Dec: | +44° 27' 00.993 | |
| Size: | 142.20 x 114.00 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 001.519 deg | |
| Scale: | 001.37 arcsec/pixel |
North America Nebula with Camera
2023-07-14
North America Nebula shakedown
2023-09-24
N.A.M.
2022-08-02
North America in 5-minute segments
2023-08-05
North America Blue
2022-08-02
NGC7000 The North America Nebula framed
2022-08-02
NGC7000 A Wide Field North America Nebula
2022-06-25
NGC7000: North America Nebula Mosaic
2021-07-27
The North America Nebula Complete Edition
2024-04-20