NGC7000 - The North America Nebula

21:18 7/8/2006 UTC

I got fantastic focus during this capture using my homemade computer focusing program. I just don't know how to stretch the image and keep the stars tight... I also screwed up the flats somehow and had hard time removing all the gradients in the image. There's sooo much stars around this region!

NGC/IC Object List:
NGC7000 gaseous nebula RA:20h58m50.0 Dec:+44°31m'00" BMag: 4.0, LBN 373 North American Nebula

Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D | Telescope: Canon EF 50mm f1.8 objective | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader UHC-S 2", Baader IR/UV block | Guiding: Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, QCGuider, Teleskop-Service 1.5x Barlow, Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Exposure: 16x240s (1h4m) ISO400 f4.5, 4 darks, no flats | Software: IRIS, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) | Target altitude in the beginning of the exposure 72°