NGC7000 is the catalog number of the famous North America Nebula, which is located in Cygnus. The picture above shows only a part, and exactly the Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Being this a pure emission nebula, the use of Ha filters allows to increase a lot the details visibility.

Camera : Starlight Xpress SXV-H9 with Astronomik 13nm Ha filter


Telescope : Takahashi FS-102 at F/6 with focal reducer on a GM2000-FS2


Guiding : ST4 on a Vixen 80/910mm.


Exposure : 6x600sec. unbinned


Processing : MaxIm (align, combine, stretching) - Photoshop (final enhancing)


Location : from my backyard (Castano Primo near Milan)


Date : July 26, 2003

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