North America Nebula

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My first attempt at astrophotography: the North America Nebula and surrounding environs. Canon 400d (modified: hot mirror removed) piggybacked with 50mm canon lens. 5x150 seconds at f/3.2 iso 400, stacked in Deep Sky Stacker.

Some post-processing done in Photoshop (curves, levels), but I don't know enough to do anything more advanced.

Ethan Girard and Andreimhmm added this photo to their favorites.

  1. astrometry.net 45 months ago | reply

    Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
    (RA, Dec) center:(310.434077613, 45.5360271356) degrees
    (RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(20:41:44.179, +45:32:9.698)
    Orientation:-94.08 deg E of N

    Pixel scale:110.68 arcsec/pixel

    Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")
    Field size :24.60 x 16.39 degrees

    Your field contains:
    The star Deneb (αCyg)
    The star Sadr (γCyg)
    The star Gienah (εCyg)
    The star 31Cyg
    The star ξCyg
    The star τCyg
    The star 32Cyg
    The star νCyg
    The star σCyg
    The star 33Cyg
    NGC 6871
    IC 1311
    NGC 6888 / Crescent nebula
    IC 1318 / gamma Cyg nebula
    IC 5068
    IC 5070 / Pelican nebula
    NGC 7000 / North America nebula
    NGC 7039

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