NGC 7000, North America Nebula

Exposure time: 55 minutes (11x 300s) Processing: Nebulosity; Adobe Photoshop CS2 (no darks, no flats) Lens/telescope: BORG 101 mm (4") ED refractor at f/4 with IDAS LPS-P2 filter Camera: Q453-HR one-shot colour CCD Mount: Losmandy GM-8 Guidescope: Vixen 70/400 mm + ST-4 Location: Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Date: September 25, 2008

Below the not enhanced, RAW-image. Note that in the above result I have cropped the image and used Photoshop's clone brush to remove dust spots.

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