NGC 7000 "North America" Nebula Complex

I didn't do it on purpose; it just happened ;)
I was just testing the mount, and the object was chosen as a reference because I had just captured it on another setup.
This one: https://deepskyhosting.com/MiqhiOb
In hydrogen-alpha, the Pelican Nebula appears comparable in brightness to the North America Nebula, especially the head and the wall—at least in the stacked image.
Hydrogen-beta in the Pelican is indeed noticeably fainter.

I'm judging the overall brightness in the visible spectrum. I once photographed these nebulae with a 200mm photo lens on a color camera without special filters, only a UW-IR cut filter. The Pelican Nebula is noticeably fainter.
https://deepskyhosting.com/xwP2RwX

I found two unfiltered photos of this area in my collection. Including my very first astrophotography shot ;) The Pelican Nebula does indeed appear fainter in them, and in that very first one, it's almost invisible. So, if the brightness in Ha is comparable, then there's significantly less of everything else glowing in the Pelican. It's no coincidence that the Pelican Nebula was discovered about ~100 years later.

Technology has come so far, however.
Nowadays, almost any camera can photograph things that professional astronomers didn't even suspect existed 100 years ago.

"That's for sure!" (c)