Cygnus Wall & Pelican Nebula – NGC 7000
Cygnus Wall & Pelican Nebula – NGC 7000
The Cygnus Wall (Top Left) and the Pelican Nebula (Lower Right) are bright energetic emissions nebula in the heart of the NGC 7000. When viewing the milky-way at night, this target overall is about 10x the size of the moon, so it’s large, but light levels are low enough you can not capture it with the unaided eye. Astrophotography picks it up very easily though. For reference to the size, IF you could pick up enough sky light when viewing, the moon would fill this entire frame across.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 (400mm focal @ f/2)
Filters: Baader Ultra-Highspeed F/2 3.5nm & 4nm Filters.
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 1600mm-pro Monochrome
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: NexDome 2.4m Automated
Bortle: 3-4
Long & Lat: 45.67N, -118.79 W
Shoot Parameters
Ha: 201×60″
Oiii Filter: 250×60″
Sii Filter: 246×60″
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flat: 20
Integration Time: ~12 hours total
Gain: 139 (unity)
Cooling: -20
Processing Software: Astro Pixel Processor, StarXTerminator, NINA, Topaz Labs, PHD2, Photoshop CC
