Saturday, July 10, 2010

NGC 7000

This is a reprocess of NGC 7000 with a trial version of Pixinsight.  In less than an hour, I went from skeptic to believer.  This emission nebula is also known as the North American Nebula (mine is rotated 90d ccw).  Part of the Pelican nebula can be seen at the top of the photo.

Camera: QHY8
Mount: Celestron CGEM
Scope: Celestron 800 8" SCT with Hyperstar
Filter: None
Effective Focal Length: 400mm
Effective Focal Ratio: f/2.0
Exposure: 8 x 10min OSC
Total Exposure: 1hrs, 20min
Date: 6/13/2010 3:10 AM CDT (start)
Location: Owasso, OK, USA
Acquisition: CCD Commander/Maxim DL Platesolve
Focus: Robofocus
Dithering: None
Guiding: ST-80, SSAG, CCD Commander, Maxim DL

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