North of North America

[gorann]

The area just north of NGC 7000 is a complex mix of Ha emitting nebulosity covered by a network of dark nebulae and a few bright reflection nebulae. The area is not that often imaged, maybe because there are no major iconic objects there, but certainly there is a lot going on. The absolute brightness of the area is quite weak, but not difficult to catch at f/2 after several hours of integration. The bright patch of nebulosity at the southern border of the image is the northern tip of NGC 7000, aka The North America Nebula. I have not suppressed the blinding brightness of NGC 7000 to give an indication of the relative difference in brightness between these areas of nebulosity.

This is a two-panel mosaic with about 50% overlap from my Samyang 135 piggybacking on my dual-RASA rig. I planned the mosaic for the RASAs and the little Samyang had to get what it got (hence the big overlap).

Omegon veTEC571C with NBZ (Ha+Oiii) filter. 213 x 5 min, so nearly 18 hours @f/2. Processed in PI and PS including the XTerminator tools.

Yesterday I posted what the RASAs caught, which is in the central part of the Samyang image:

Cheers, Göran

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2023 by gorann

[WolfieGlos]

Another triumph Goran! 

[gorann]

55 minutes ago, WolfieGlos said:

Another triumph Goran! 

Thanks a lot Chris!