Image Data - 05/28/22, 05/29/22 and 6/24/22
20 Dark, 20 flat, 20 dark flat, 20 bias
05-28 - 42 300 1600 L-eNhance
05-29 - 21 300 1600 l-eNhance
06-24 - 36 300 1600 L-eNhance
Equipment Data
AZ-EQ5, WO Z73, EOS 6D, WO 32mm Guide, ASI120 mini
Software Data
DeepSkyStacker · ProDigital Software AstroFlat Pro · Icanus Ltd.
APT · Open PHD Guiding PHD2 · ProDigital Software Star Spikes Pro- Adobe Photoshop · StarNet
Last project I was working on in April and May, capturing a nebula with the L-eNhance with no moon in the sky. at ISO 1600. I tried going out in June, but the atmosphere wasn't cooperating with the quality that I wanted to get, and the Sky Gods were no long cooperating when work was the next two. Total integration time is 8.25 hours.
The North America Nebula (
NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico.
On October 24, 1786, William Herschel observing from Slough, England, noted a “faint milky nebulosity scattered over this space, in some places pretty bright.” The most prominent region was catalogued by his son John Herschel on August 21, 1829. It was listed in the New General Catalogue as
NGC 7000, where it is described as a "faint, most extremely large, diffuse nebulosity.”
As always, all comments welcome and thanks for looking,
What you see is what you get,
Chris
Image Cam: Canon 6D (Ha mod), 600D (Stock), SVBony SV405CC
Image OTA: EvoStar ED80, WO Z73, C8-A XLT
Mount: EQ6-R Pro Pier, AZ-EQ5 Pro Pier
Guide OTA: Orion 60mm, WO 32mm, ZWO OAG, SV501P
Guide Cam: ZWO 120mm, 290mm mini
EAA OTA: Orion ST80
EAA Cam: SVBony SV705C
EP: Baader Hyperion Modular Set
Filters: L-Pro Canon EOS C, L-eNhance, L-Pro, Optolong Ha 7mm, Optolong Oiii 6.5mm, Optolong Sii 6.5mm, ES H-Beta
Session Control: Mini PC/Win11 Pro, APT 4.1, PHD2 2.6.10
Processing: PixInsight, DSS 4.2.6, Adobe PS CC, Astronomy Tools Action Set, Star Spikes Pro