I've been attempting for an image like this throughout the years. I used a ZWO DuoBand filter to focus on the hydrogen and oxygen in the area. In PixInsight, I deployed a script that converts OSC data to Hubble HSO, revealing Hyrdrogen and Oxygen throughout this part of the sky.
The North America Nebula (cataloged as NGC 7000) is a large emission nebula located approximately 2,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, near the bright star Deneb. Spanning roughly 90 light-years across, its striking shape—which remarkably resembles the continent of North America, complete with a prominent dark "Gulf of Mexico"—is caused by glowing, ionized hydrogen gas energized by intense ultraviolet radiation from massive nearby stars
Image Details:
- Imaging Scope: William Optics 61mm ZenithStar APO
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Color with ZWO DuoBand filter
- Guiding Equipment: Celestron Starsense Autoguider
- Acquisition Software: Sharpcap
- Guiding Software: Celestron
- Light Frames: 25*6 mins @ 100 Gain, Temp -15C
- Dark Frames: 10*6 mins
- Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
- Processed in PixInsight (incl. Hubble HSO palette from OSC)), Adobe Lightroom and Topaz Denoise
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