After raking the fall leaves as a small boy I use to
spend time daydreaming and looking at the clouds - forming familiar shapes of
animals and objects - usually from the books that I was reading or from places
we visited. The same way I use to
daydream as a child – I find myself “night” dreaming while at the telescope. This one reminds me of a palm tree bending in
the oceans breezes. As an “older” boy
now it is nice to remember those younger days.
This photograph is a small 22 x 30 arc minute view of
the North America Nebula. NGC7000 is a emission nebula located in the constellation
Cygnus close to the star Deneb and about 1800 light years distance. This
dim nebula is quite large covering an area larger than four full moons and was
discovered by William Herschell on October 24, 1786.
Optics: Deep
Sky Instruments RC10C
Mount: Astro-Physics
AP900GTO
Camera: SBIG
ST2K XM
Guiding
Camera: SBIG ST-i
Filters
Astrodon S2, Ha & O3
Location:
Two
Part Mosaic Total Exposure Details
S2
= 1440 Minutes (mapped to red)
Ha
= 300 Minutes (mapped to green)
O3
= 1050 Minutes (mapped to blue)
All
sub-exposures were 15 Minutes.
Total
Exposure Time 46.5 Hours
