North America Nebula - Ngc 7000

This is a 45 minute exposure of the North America Nebula. This nebula is located 2200 light years away, and it's 100 light years in diameter. The Nebula is fairly large in the sky, and can be seen with binoculars at a dark sky. The only issue with this nebula is that it's very faint and can only be seen in a dark sky. The reason it's called the North America Nebula is because it has a similar shape of North America. This image was taken in a more light polluted area just outside of the city. This, along with the the lack of exposure time, is the reason why it's not as bright. 
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Final Cropped Version
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North America Nebula Labelled
Details of How the shot was Taken
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Gear:
  • Olympus OMD EM-5 Micro 4/3 camera 
  • Skywatcher Star Adventurer (Unguided)
  • Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 lens
  • Home made dew heater
    • Made with nichrome wire wrapped in duct tape, which is powdered by a lipo battery 
​Acquisition & Environment:
  • 45x1.5 minute exposures (1.1 hours)
  • 1600 iso @ 130mm (260 equivalent) F2.8
  • 31 Flat Frames
  • 23 Dark Frames
  • 40 Bias Frames
  • Taken: July 21, 2018
Processing:
  • Images processed in DeepSkyStacker
    • 2x Drizzle Stack
    • Brought Saturation to 17 and match all rgb levels
  • Photoshop Adjustments:
    • Cropped to remove stacking errors and center the nebula in the frame
    • Adjust Levels to bring Histogram to the front and bring out more nebulosity
    • Used RC-Astro's Gradient xterminator to remove the gradient the flats couldn't fix
    • Adjust Colour balance to adjust background colour to be neutral
    • Used Deep Sky Colours HLVG tool to remove any unnecessary greens in the photo
    • Used Astronomy tools to bring out local contrast and make stars smaller
      • Enhance DSO and Reduce Stars tool was used
    • Increased the Saturation 
    • Exported into jpeg
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The Raw Image From the Camera