Observation by Simon Dawes: The North America & Pelican Nebulas

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Mr Simon Francis Dawes

Observer

Simon Dawes

Observed

2019 Sep 27 - 18:30

Uploaded

2019 Oct 15 - 10:29

Objects

The North America Nebula (NGC7000)
The Pelican Nebula

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h55^m
Dec: +43°29'
Position angle: -7°20'

Field size

9° × 8°

Equipment

Samyang 135mm f2
Canon 600D (Full spectrum mod)
CLSCCD clip-in filter
iOptron Star Tracker

Exposure

104x 60s

Location

Kelling Heath, England

Target name

The North America and Pelican Nebulas

Title

The North America & Pelican Nebulas

About this image

Testing out my new Samyang 135mm f2 Lens.

I think this set-up is ideally suited to casual astronomers wanting to get half decent images whilst not spending a great deal of time on the process.

Files associated with this observation

North America and Pelican Nebula 135mmf2 600D 104x60s exposureBAA.jpg (1.9 MB)

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David Swan, Honor Wheeler, Andy Wilson, Graham Winstanley, Jeremy Shears, Andrew Dumbleton, Geof Lewis, Mr Simon Francis Dawes

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