The North American Nebula Region

NOTES DATE: Thursday, May 17, 2001 FILM: Kodak LE400 EXPOSURE: 20 minutes LOCATION: Texas Star Party (Prude Ranch near Fort Davis, Texas) INSTRUMENT: 135 mm lens @ f/4 piggybacked on 10" LX200. PROCESSING: Negative scanned with Epson Perfection 3200.  Further enhancements made with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 COMMENTS: The North American Nebula (NGC 7000) measures an amazing 120.0' x 100.0' and bares an uncanny resemblance to its namesake.  Just to the right of NGC 7000 is IC 5067, the Pelican Nebula.  Many other Milky Way star clouds, open clusters, and dark nebulae are visible in this photograph.  The curved nebula in the center of the image is Sh2-119.