Observation by Dean Ashton: Mexico?

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Dean Ashton

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2024 May 20 - 23:00

Uploaded

2024 May 22 - 07:19

Objects

The North America Nebula (NGC7000)

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Constellation

Cygnus

Field centre

RA: 20^h59^m
Dec: +43°34'
Position angle: +0°14'

Field size

0°48' × 0°32'

Equipment

Celestron 9.25 EHD with 0.7x Focal Reducer
QHY268C Camera
Optolong L-eXtreme Filter

Exposure

13x600s @ /f7

Location

St Austell, Cornwall

Target name

North America Nebula

Title

Mexico?

About this image

The southern end of the North America Nebula - Mexico? Only 2-hours of total exposure collected on the 19th and 20th May 2024. The image captures the cold dark dust lanes, that sit between us and NGC7000, as they obscure the bright emission nebula behind. It is these opaque dust clouds in the galaxy that give NGC7000 its North America shape.

Files associated with this observation

NGC7000_Mexico_13x600s_HOO.jpg (1.9 MB)

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Callum Wingrove, Callum Potter, Simon Paul Davis

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