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Image of the Month

NGC-7000, The North American Nebula. Located in the constellation of Cygnus the Swan, near Alpha Cygni (Deneb). The North American Nebua is a huge emission nebula, covering an area larger than 10 full moons. It lies at a distance of 2600 light years from Earth. It is an area of active star formation and contains numerous rich star clusters.
This image was captured on September 25th, 2025, and is a 2 hour 32 minute integration of 2 minute exposures through a 92mm f/5.5 Apochromatic refractor using a ZWO 2600MC Pro camera cooled to 0 degrees and binned 1 X 1. Also visible, at the RH edge of the image is IC-5070, the Pelican Nebula.
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