NGC 7000

North American Nebula

Steve Moore 2000

OBJECT NGC 7000/ RA: 21.02 Dec: +44.12. The North American Nebula located near Deneb in the constellation Cygnus.

It is a large cloud of glowing hydrogen emissions, which gives it it's red colour. In dark skies this nebula can be seen with binoculars

EXPOSURE 2 X 30 MINUTES

EQUIPMENT 8'' Meade LX 200/ST4/ Nikon F2/ 135mm Lens

f/no FOCAL LENGTH 1 x f/2.3 1 x f/2.5 135mm Focal length

FILM Kodak Extra Press Multispeed PJM

LOCATION East Harling Norfolk\ UK

DATE/ TIME 24/09/2000

COMMENT First exposure was not meant to be at f/2.3 ( Murphy's law ). Registered in Registar and enhanced in Photoshop.