
Here is a close up image of the 'wall' or 'gulf' region of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) taken 7/14/08. 8 X 8 minute exposures were captured through a 6nm Astronomik Hydrogen Alpha filter using a QSI-532 CCD camera and a Vexin R200ss F4 scope on a G11 mount, auto-guided via the program PHD and a Meade DSI Pro II CCD camera. Image acquisition was done in Maxim DL Post processing was performed in AIP4WIN and Adobe Photoshop CS2.
Winner of Cloudynights August 2008 DSO imaging Challenge