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Photographer:
Jon Greif
Location of Photo:
Alpine, CA, USA
Date/Time of photo:
August 8-9, 2024, from 10 pm to 3 am PDT
Equipment:
6.5 hours integration time in Bortle 4 location. Imaging Scope Takahashi FSQ-85, Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro, Guide Scope ZWO 30 mm mini, Guide Camera ASI 290MM Mini, Mount: Rainbow Astro RST-135, Capture Computer: ASIAir Plus, and, of course, processed with Pixinsight on an M1 MacBook Pro.
Description:
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star) and dubbed "the North America Nebula" because of its resemblance to the outline of the continent. On October 24, 1786, William Herschel observing from Slough, England, noted a “faint milky nebulosity scattered over this space, in some places pretty bright.” The most prominent region was catalogued by his son John Herschel on August 21, 1829, in the New General Catalogue as NGC 7000.
