NGC 7000 & The North American Nebula


About this image.

Here are some familiar shapes in unfamiliar locations. This emission nebula on the left is famous partly because it resembles Earth's continent of North America. To the right of the North America Nebula, cataloged as NGC 7000, is a less luminous nebula that resembles a pelican dubbed the Pelican Nebula. The two emission nebula measure about 50 light-years across, are located about 1,500 light-years away, and are separated by a dark absorption cloud. This false colour image emphasises the different energy levels represented by the 3 wavelengths used to capture the data (Ha, SII, OIII). Bright ionization fronts can clearly be seen as well as the fine details of the dark dust. The nebulae can be seen with binoculars from a dark location. Look for a small nebular patch north-east of bright star Deneb in the constellation of Cygnus. It is still unknown which star or stars ionize the hydrogen gas

(Text taken from NASA)
 

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Equipment

Telescope:                 Takahashi FSQ106N
Mount:                      Paramount ME by Software Bisque
Instrument:               STL11000M CCD Camera by SBIG, CFW8-L

Exposure:                  Ha: 3.5hrs, SII: 8.5hrs  OIII: 8hrs
Capture Software:       CCDSOFT V5, CCDAutopilot
Processing:                Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop CS, CCDSharp 

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