This image shows the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) area in Cygnus. To the right (west) of NGC 7000 is the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) and towards the bottom of the image (south) you will find the Magic Carpet Nebuka (NGC 7027).
(c) Jan Sonnvik
Camera: Canon 20Da. Lens: 200mm EF-L@ f.2.8.
Total 44x3min=2h12m exposure time for color data. Exposure time for luminance
was 23x5m with a Kenko R64 deep red filter. Post processing with ImagesPlus and
Photoshop CS.
Autoguiding with (unmodified) Toucam through C11@f3.3.
I'm observing under moderately light-polluted skies in Dalby, southern Sweden.
Image
comment: S/N in the color channels was very poor in spite of the relatively long
total exposure time. I will make another attempt with longer exposure times (4
min/image) when the skies gets darker later in the autumn.