North America and Pelican Nebulae 15 October 2011

The last time I did this I wasn't equipped with my neodymium filter, so I thought I'd give it another go before it disappeared for the year. With the 70mm widefield I did recently this area leapt off the laptop at me, so I had high hopes for this, but it didn't really happen. Still, it's only 1hr 27mins, and there was a fat moon up there for the latter part of the session, so on the whole I'm quite pleased. No star reduction used in this I'm happy to say. I can do better with this area, but I'll leave it until next year now. Or I may not :)

Nikon D70 modded, 55-200 Nikkor at 200mm (full frame), f6.3, 1250iso, Baader Neodymium filter.
29 x 3 min subs for a total of 1 hour 27 mins, unguided EQ5
Darks, flats and bias
Stacked and processed in DSS and CS5, with a little help from Noel's tools.

Comments and faves

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    Anthony Cronin added this photo to his favorites. (19 months ago)

  2. Dean Page Photography (19 months ago | reply)

    spectacular capture - outstanding !

  3. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Dean :)

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    il bruno added this photo to his favorites. (19 months ago)

  5. Astrocatou (19 months ago | reply)

    That's a far better result...congrats.

  6. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Cheers Dave :)

  7. astrometry.net (19 months ago | reply)

    Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
    (RA, Dec) center:(313.84041798, 44.1013573999) degrees
    (RA, Dec) center (H:M:S, D:M:S):(20:55:21.700, +44:06:4.887)
    Orientation:178.12 deg E of N

    Pixel scale:8.20 arcsec/pixel

    Parity:Reverse ("Left-handed")
    Field size :4.34 x 6.63 degrees

    Your field contains:
    The star 55Cyg
    The star 56Cyg
    The star 57Cyg
    The star νCyg
    The star 60Cyg
    The star ξCyg
    IC 5068
    IC 5070 / Pelican nebula
    IC 5076
    NGC 6997
    NGC 7000 / North America nebula

    View in World Wide Telescope

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    If you would like to have other images solved, please submit them to the astrometry group.

  8. vntggtrlvr (19 months ago | reply)

    Good shootin' Doug!! Excellent framing and processing!

  9. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Gary :)

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    Francesco Littmann - 42 added this photo to his favorites. (19 months ago)

  11. hibogx (19 months ago | reply)

    I think your photo is a wonderful survey of the region !!!
    super !!

  12. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Ingo. I've seen many better, but not with kit like mine! :)

  13. John.R.Taylor (19 months ago | reply)

    Excellent!

  14. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Cheers John :)

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    space the final frontier added this photo to their favorites. (19 months ago)

  16. write_adam (19 months ago | reply)

    Wonderful wide field!

  17. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Adam! :)

  18. kappacygni (19 months ago | reply)

    Nice result Doug, you should be pleased with that !

  19. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Ken :) I am quite pleased with the result, and particularly the processing which was surprisingly straightforward for this one.

  20. Tashunka Witko (alias CP) (19 months ago | reply)

    splendida, ottima risoluzione!

  21. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Grazie Tashunka! :)

  22. Trois_Merlettes (19 months ago | reply)

    Very nicely framed; great result!

  23. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Thanks Jean :)

  24. J.J. Mantero (19 months ago | reply)

    Una gran toma Doug, como decimos en andalucía "eres un monstruo"(esto no es por malo)
    Vista en:
    Seen in:
    Astrofotografos del Mundo/ World´s Astrophotographers

  25. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Gracias JJ. No es a menudo dicen que soy un monstruo! ;)

  26. J.J. Mantero (19 months ago | reply)

    jejeje.... te lo traduzco a andaluz hablado...."ere un mostro" aunque no esta bien traducido porque esa "s" de "mostro" tambien nos la comemos y pronunciamos algo en su lugar que no se puede escribir con letras. No se si me has entendido algo, a ver como se las arregla el traductror google con esto.
    Un saludo. artista!

  27. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Esa circunstancia no plasmaba así, JJ!
    or
    Que no se tradujo así, JJ!

    :)

  28. 'Tabbiekat' (19 months ago | reply)

    Cool

  29. BudgetAstro (19 months ago | reply)

    Ta :)

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    Pique Tero and Barroco1 added this photo to their favorites.

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