Date Taken: 06/15/2013
Location: Four Oaks, NC
Telescope: Orion ED80T CF Triplet Apochromatic Refractor Telescope
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G Computerized GoTo Telescope Mount
Camera: Orion Magnificent Mini Deluxe AutoGuider Package
Other Camera: Canon T2i EOS 550D
Processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop CS 5.1
Exposure: 36x300sec
Notes: NGC 7000 also known as the North America Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb (the tail of the swan and its brightest star). The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico. It is sometimes incorrectly called the "North American Nebula".Image composed from 3 hours of data (36 5 minute ISO 800 exposures) calibrated with 30 flat frames, 30 dark flat frames and 12 dark frames.Telescope: Orion ED80T CF Triplet APO RefractorMount: Atlas EQ-G Guiding: Orion SSAG with 50mm guide scope.Software: Backyard EOS for camera control and image acquisition, PHD for guiding, DeepSkyStacker to calibrate and stack images, Photoshop CS 5.1 for post-processing.Images captured at the Howell Woods Environment Learning Center in Johnston Country, NC.June 15, 2013.