The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5067, 70) imaged with a hydrogen-alpha filter.
Date: December 8, 2011
Constellation: Cygnus
Location: Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC
Optics: Borg 77EDII, f/4.3 with Baader Planetarium Narrowband 7nm H-Alpha filter
Mount: Paramount ME, guided using PhD
Camera: Hutech modified Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 31 light frames of 300 seconds, ISO 1600
Processing: Light frames calibrated with dark and flat frames in ImagesPlus. Light frames normalized and combined using MinMax Excluded. Image cropped.