NGC7000 North America Nebula

Constellation: Cygnus        Distance: 2600 lightyears

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Image spcefications:
  • Exposure: 9 hours HaRGB = 360:60:60:60
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M, Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha, Baader RGB
  • Instrument: TEC 140 with field flattener, focal distance 980 mm
  • Mount: Ha: Losmandy G11, RGB: Paramount MX+
  • Guiding: SBIG Off Axisguider, Starlight Xpress Lodestar autoguider and PHD
  • Location and date: Ha: Overveen Netherlands, 5 October 2016
  • Location and date: RGB: Etoile St. Cyrice France, 16 and 19 August 2020

Image acquisition with Sequence Generator Pro:
  • 18 Ha of 20 min, binned 1x1
  • 6 Red, 6 Green and 6 Blue of 10 min, binned 1x1
  • 20 Flat fields with flatfield panel
  • 20 Dark frames of 20 min and 10 min
  • 50 Bias frames

Processing in PixInsight 1.8.8