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NGC 7000 North America Nebula (Click on photo and then click again for a full resolution image).

NGC7000
NGC 7000 - North America Nebula RGB
Cygnus Wall
NGC 7000 - North America Nebula/Cygnus Wall RGB

NGC 7000 - The North America Nebula and The Cygnus Wall

NGC 7000 - The North America Nebula, an emission nebula of intensely active star formation, lies in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan). The North America Nebula is about 2,590 light-years away from earth and is about 140 light-years across.
For a size comparison, our entire solar system is only about 13 light-hours across.

Image acquisition and processing information:

Date: September 29th, 2022
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v4 lens
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-1200 GTO CP3
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera
Image acquisition software: Sequence Generator Pro v. 3.0.3.169
Exposures: 200 3o-second exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius Pro 814 CCD, Software: PhD2
Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.9.1