NGC 7000 & IC 5070 - North American and Pelican Nebulae - 250912

This wide field image in the northern part of the Milky Way is centered on the North American Nebula (NGC 7000), that gets its name from the obvious resemblance to the North American continent. To the right is the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), with the twisted band of cloud at the top looking much like a Pelican's beak, head, neck, and upper back. This image is a stack of 141 one-minute unguided subs (QHY5III178M autoguider didn't want to stay connected), and was first light for my new QHY268C and Antlia Triband RGB Ultra II Filter on my AT60ED with 0.8x focal reducer/flattener. This was also first light using my newly rebuilt CGE-Pro with OnStep, and my first real session with N.I.N.A. instead of SGP.


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   Right Ascension: 20h 58m 41.470s (314° 40m 22.049s)
   Declination: +44° 17m 44.180s
Orientation: Up is 358.2 degrees East of North.
Image Size: 4.650° x 3.089° Pixel Scale: 2.702"


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