Start Date/Time: July 17,2010 10:15pm PDT
End Date/Time: July 18, 201012:17 am PDT

Location: St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Central Saanich, BC, Canada

The field of view is centred on the lower part of NGC 7000 North American Nebula, and features bright ropes of nebulosity in the "Central America" region of this vast emission nebula.

Imaging
Camera: Hutech-modified Canon T2i dSLR utilizing an IDAS UIBAR-III filter
Telescope/Mount: Tele Vue NP127is apo refractor on a Paramount ME EQ mount
Exposures: 60x30sec light frames; 20x30sec dark frames
ISO: 1600

Processing

Canon Digital Photo Pro 3.8.1.0 - digital development from RAW to TIFF
ImagesPlus 3.82 x64: Auto process; Colour at Capture WB + dark frames; Normalize; Grade; Align; Combine - Excluded Min/Max Average. Digital Development: modest contrast stretch.