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NGC 7000 -- North American Nebula

IC 5067 / IC 5070 -- Pelican Nebula

Object

Type

Emission Nebula

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

2.590 light years (NGC 7000), 1,800 light years (IC 5070)

Magnitude

4.0 (NGC 7000), 8.0 (IC 5070)

Size

120 x 100 arc-min (NGC 7000), 60 x 50 arc-min (IC 5070)

Notes

NGC 7000 is also known as Caldwell 20

Image

Date

2020-08-21, 2021-07-12

Place

Cheddar Ranch Observatory

Exposure Data

SHOCRGB 260:260:280:160:120:120:150 mins @ -30C

SII 13x20, Ha 13x20, OIII 14x20, C 32x5, Red 24x5, Green 24x5, Blue 30x5 min

Notes

All filters binned 1x1

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N

Focal Length

530 mm @f/5.0

Mount

Takahashi NJP

Camera

SBIG STXL-11002M

Focuser

RoboFocus

Filters

FW8G-STXL, AstroDon CRGB (i-series Gen 2), Astrodon Ha (3nm), OIII (3nm), (3nm)

Software

TheSkyX, FocusMax4, CCDAutopilot 5, CCDStack 2+, PhotoShop CS6, PixInsight

Reprocessed on 07/17/2023