NGC7000 The North American Nebula

May 23rd, 2010

Taken on the evenings of the 21st and 22nd of May this is the north american nebula, a large emission nebula in the constellation of Cygnus.

ngc7000 north american nebula

Imaging Equipment

  • William Optics ZS66SD
  • William Optics MkII 0.8 Field Flattener
  • Canon EOS 1000D (unmodified)
  • Astronomic CLS CCD Filter

Guiding and Mount

  • Vixen A70LF Refractor
  • Modified Philips SPC900NC Webcam
  • IR/UV Cut Filter
  • 0.6x Focal Reducer
  • Celestron CGEM Mount

Exposures

  • 57 x 5 minutes (285 minutes total)
  • 21 x bias per night
  • 15 x dark per night
  • 21 x flat per night

The images were calibrated and debayered in Iris then aligned, stacked and processed in Pixinsight.

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