NGC7000 North American Nebula in Cygnus

[Fay]

13x480secs, modified Canon 350D thru ED80. Will have to mess around a bit with colour. Any tips welcome.

Fay

[RobertM]

Lovely nice wide field Fay.  Was that through that grunge last night ? If so that's pretty amazing as I had trouble even making out Alpha Peg.

Is this reduced with darks, bias and flats ?

[Mac]

nice image.
Pity i will never get anything like that with my set up.
Might have to look in to a smaller scope, to sit on top of my one.

[Daniel]

Wow, can't believe you took that last night, I was out testing my new scope and decided to call it a day when even jupiter was looking crappy, It took me about 2 minutes just to locate Kochab last night due to the mist

[Fay]

Thanks everyone. I have reduced the size, Robert, to get it on the page. Darks & flats were done.

Daniel, I could not see many stars either & the sky was very light. I get a bit excitable when processing & think I will have another go. I got it stacking while I was still clearing away & it took so long, when I had come indoors. I was still sitting there at 1am. I just had to have a look at it before I went to bed.
I had a lot of amp glow in the corner as well.

Fay

[MarkS]

Fay,

I'm amazed you got anything last night - the noise in your image is 100% because of the conditions.  Taken on a clear night that would be a fantastic image. 

I was out last night also - my third(!) attempt at the Tulip Nebula.  Guess what, the nebulosity was completely swamped by the genereral grunge.  It was a waste of time.

Mark

[Fay]

Yes I think the camera would perform well with a dark clear sky!

[RobertM]

You've done very well Fay and framed it well to.  Do the same thing in France and you'll have to get it printed out to hang on your wall.

[Fay]

I have taken all day to get this one a bit more subtle & not tried to bring out too much.

Do you think it is better or not?

[Mac]

Do you think it is better or not?

I like them both.

[Rocket Pooch]

nice one fay