Diffuse emission nebula "North America" (NGC 7000, LBN 373)

 Posted: Aug 16th, 2026
Technical Info
Telescope/Lens: Sky-Watcher 150/750
Camera: Canon 200 Da
Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO SynScan
Guide Scope: SVBONY 60/240
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Mini
Software: APT, DeepSkyStacker, FitsWork, FITStacker, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI
Accessories: Baader MPCC Mark III, iOptron iPolar, Bahtinov mask, Gemini 190 mm
Exposure:
173 x 90" ISO/Gain: 3200
Blue, Bortle 3 zone:
 Chelyabinskaya Oblast', Stepninskoe, Russia
 Aug 15th, 2026
4 h 20 m
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Resolution: 5854x3888 px
Scale: 1954 KB

Constellation Cygnus
Diffuse emission nebula "North America" (NGC 7000, LBN 373)
H II regions of ionized hydrogen
Dark gas-dust region LDN 935 "Gulf of Mexico"

Equipment:
Camera Canon EOS 200 Da.
Telescope Synta SkyWatcher 150/750, F/5
Mount HEQ-5 Pro
Bahtinov mask
Polar finder camera iOptron iPolar
Coma corrector Baader MPCC Mark III
Guidescope SVBONY 60/240, F/4
Guide camera ZWO ASI 120 Mini
Flat panel Gemini 190 mm

Capture software:
Astrophotography Tool, SharpCap (polar alignment), EQ-Mode, ASCOM, Cartes Du Ciel, PHD2

Village Stepninskoye, Chelyabinsk Oblast
Blue light pollution zone. Class 4 on the Bortle scale.

Imaging on 14-15.08.2026
Total 173 light frames of 90 seconds each + 20 dark frames + 20 bias frames + 20 flat frames
ISO 3200

Total integration time Σ=4h19'30"

Post-processing software:
DeepSkyStacker, FITStacker, Lightroom, StraNet2GUI, Photoshop, Topaz Denoise AI

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Constellation CygnusDiffuse emission nebula "North America" (NGC 7000, LBN 373)H II regions of ionized hydrogenDark gas-dust region LDN 935 "Gulf of Mexico"Equi…
  Today, at 19:32
  4 h 20 m
Constellation CygnusDiffuse emission nebula "North America" (NGC 7000, LBN 373)H II regions of ionized hydrogenDark gas-dust region LDN 935 "Gulf of Mexico"Equi…
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