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I captured this image on Wednesday 12-1-2021. It's the first time I've used narrowband filters this year so it took a bit of time to 'relearn' everything.
What you are seeing is just a small portion of the North American Nebula (NGC7000) in the Cygnus constellation. To give you an idea of how large this area is, it's 4 times the size of a full moon. The region I captured would be central America, the lower portion shows the Panama canal as a reference.
Telescope: SkyWatcher 254N
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-g
Guider: ZWO mini guide scope with ZWO ASI120mm
Camera: ZWO ASI1600mm-C
Processing: DSS, StarTools, Photoshop
Imaging times:
20 x 300 seconds Ha (Hydrogen Alpha filter)
20 x 300 seconds S2 (sulfur filter)
processed Ha for red and S2 for green and blue channels.
Gordon
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED80CF, Skywatcher 200 Quattro Imaging Newt, SeeStar S50 for EAA.
Mounts: Orion Atlas EQ-g mount & Skywatcher EQ5 Pro.
ZWO mini guider.
Image cameras: ZWO ASI1600 MM Cool, ZWO ASI533mc-Pro, ZWO ASI174mm-C (for use with my Quark chromosphere), ZWO ASI120MC
Filters: LRGB, Ha 7nm, O-III 7nm, S-II 7nm
Eyepieces: a few.
Primary software: Cartes du Ciel, N.I.N.A, StarTools V1.4.
