68 Cygni & NGC 7000 - 2 Panel Mosaic The North American Nebula (NGC 7000), along with the Pelican Nebula, is a popular summertime astrophotography target. Much less popular is its neighbor, the star 68 Cygni and the surrounding dust clouds. With my success doing mosaics with the Sadr Region of Sadr, I decided to attempt coupling 68 Cygni with some pre-existing data taken of the North American Nebula. I had some issues trying to use one stack of my data from last year, so I cut it out completely and used 3.5 hours of data along with 5 hours of 68 Cygni data taken on July, 3 - 4, 2022. So, instead of 10.5 hours of integration I ended up with 8.5. Not nearly as big or as time consuming as my Sadr Mosaic, this felt more challenging in processing due to the amount of stars, dark nebula regions and intense reds. Clipping the shadows / blacks was a real issue and difficult to avoid while trying to bring out some vibrance in the nebula. . NGC 7000 45 x 240s 7 x 300s - 68 Cygni 60 x 300s - Darks, flats, dark flats and biases used for calibration Providence, RI - Bortle 8 . #astrophotography #astronomy #phototography #highpointscientific #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #earliestlight #astromaniacmag #spaceimage #space #cosmos #nebula #mosaic #68cygni #ngc7000 #ic5070 #pelicannebula #northamericannebula #milkyway #stars #darknebula #nasa #apod #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #rhodeisland #providenceri #canonphotography #cygnus (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfq3V7KO4ef/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
