NGC7000 North American Nebula

Detail from NGC7000 the North American Nebula in Cygnus, around 1500 light years from Earth.

Meade 16in LX200 telescope at f/6.3
SBIG ST8E CCD camera with color filter wheel
L R G B image
Luminance = 36 minutes binned 1x1
Red = 15 minutes binned 3x3
Green = 15 minutes binned 3x3
Blue = 30 minutes binned 3x3

Image by MH/Adam Block/AURA/NOAO/NSF

In this close-up view we're looking at above, what would be north-western Mexico. The image below of the whole N American Nebula (courtesy of & copyright by Naoyuki Kurita) shows the section of the nebula covered by my photo.