Wednesday 16 July 2008

The North America Nebula.

Object: NGC 7000 (Caldwell 32)
Type: Nebula
Distance: 1800 light years
Constellation: Cygnus
Date: 16 August 2005
Equipment: SXV-H9, 135mm Zeiss telephoto lens
Subframes: 30 x 300 second, unguided, no darks or flats.

The SXV-H9 works fine with a telephoto lens, even given the theoretical undersampling. The adjacent Pelican Nebula (IC 5067) can also be made out at the top of the image (click to enlarge).

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