North American & Pelican Nebula

These two nebulae appear in the constellation of Cygnus. Cygnus contains both large clouds of ionised hydrogen & dark regions of interstellar dust. These two phenomena combine to give us the distinctive shapes of these two nebulae. The nebulae are thought to be about 1900 light years distant.

Image Data:
Focal Length 200mm
Focal Ratio f3.2
Exposure Ha 35mins RGB 90mins

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