Here is an image of the "Mexico" portion of the North America Nebula. It is a region where glowing hydrogen gas is interacting with an opposing force of black, sooty material. I took this image over the past couple of weeks from my backyard observatory. 5" Tak refractor, STT-8300 ccd camera, 30 minutes each with red, green, and blue filters, 150 minutes with H-alpha filter. Processed with DeepSkyStacker and Photoshop CS5.
And a blue moon image, for good measure.
Have a good week, everyone!!
Steve
The Cygnus Wall
Re: The Cygnus Wall
Just beautiful, Steve!
Luna is tack sharp amazing!!
Bill G.
Luna is tack sharp amazing!!
Bill G.
Comets:40, Best Meteor shwr: Leonids '01, Best Aurora:Oct. '03.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.