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A photo of the "North American (NGC7000), Butterfly & Veil Nebulae ", in Cygnus, photographed from St. John's in September 17, 2009 by Chris Stevenson.
Nebulosity in Cygnus, as recorded from the photographer's East-End
St. John's driveway. Modified Canon 350D digital SLR with
CLS_CCD 'EOS clip' filter, 50mm f/1.8 lens, on a home-made poncet
platform. Thirteen 30s exposures were dark-subtracted and summed in
Registax, curves adjusted in The Gimp. Visible are NGC 7000 ("North
American Nebula") well left of bright alpha Cygni ("Deneb"); IC 1318
("Butterfly Nebula") just left of gamma Cygni ("Sadr"); and the left (NGC
6992), right (NGC 6960), and more faintly the middle (NGC 6995) portions
of the "Veil Nebula", a supernova remnant, at the bottom of the image.
Click image for full original photo.
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