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  Name(s): NGC7000 - North America Nebula  
  Date : 2011-08-20  
  Location : Podljubelj  
  Conditions : Low local light polution  
  Weather : 19°C, 70% - 14g/m3  
  Moon : 50-70%  
  Setup : TS65EDQ on NEQ6pro, guided with QHY5 on SW80/400  
  Camera : Canon 450D mod.  
  Exposure : 11x1200s Ha + 11x300s RGB at ISO800  
  Processing : Iris, PS  
  Object description : The North America Nebula, aka. NGC 7000 aka. Caldwell 20 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. This nebula is lying 3 degrees from bright star Deneb.  
  Object size & distance 120arcmin, 1600ly  

 

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  Name(s): NGC7000 - North America Nebula  
  Date : 2011-04-23  
  Location : Podljubelj  
  Conditions : Low local light polution  
  Weather : 5°C, 71% - 4,6g/m3  
  Moon : 70%  
  Setup : TS65EDQ on NEQ6pro, guided with QHY5 on SW80/400  
  Camera : Canon 450D mod.  
  Exposure : 10min Ha, 5min RGB  
  Processing : Iris, PS  
  Object description : The North America Nebula, aka. NGC 7000 aka. Caldwell 20 is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. This nebula is lying 3 degrees from bright star Deneb.  
  Object size & distance 120arcmin, 1600ly