NGC 7000
North America Nebula in Cygnus

10.1″ f/4.5, Mallincam DS432cTEC with 0.5 focal reducer and Astronomik UHC filter
Exposure =5-10-15 sec, Live Stacked frames = 20-20-30 (70 total), Gain = 70 of 250

The North America Nebula (Caldwell 20) is a very large deep sky object, spanning 4 to 5 degrees in the sky; in this close-up view, we see only a small portion, the one in the area of “Mexico” and the American south-west. To the right of the main nebula, a distinctly dark inky-black dust cloud represents the “Gulf of Mexico,” with only a few stars sprinkled in front of it. At the bottom of the image a brighter emission portion with red-brown highlights juts into the landmass – this is the northern end of a structure known as the Cygnus Wall, a concentration of intense star formation. NGC 7000 is about 140 light years across and lies some 2600 light years away.

North at 10 o’clock, East at 7 o’clock
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