The main complex of nebulosity in Cygnus, taken with a telephoto lens taking in a wide field of 15° by 10°. At left is the brightest nebula in the region, NGC 7000, or the North America Nebula, left of the bright blue star Deneb. Between Deneb and the North America is the Pelican Nebula, IC 5067. At bottom right is the complex around Gamma Cygni catalogued as IC 1318. But there are lots of other arcs and patches of nebulosity here, such as Sharpless 2-119 at far left and Sharpless 2-115 at top. The small Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, is just in frame at lower right. The star cluster NGC 6866 is at the right edge of the frame. The dark nebula known as the Northern Coalsack is at centre below Deneb. The yellowish region above and to the left of IC 1318 seems to be the little star clusters Bica 1 and 2. The colourful triple star Omicon Cygni is at upper right. This is a blend of filtered and unfiltered stacks: 10 x 2 minutes at ISO 800 with no filter, and 6 x 2 minutes at ISO 1250 with a NISI Natural Night filter on the lens, the Canon EF135mm at f/2.8 on the Canon Ra camera, all on the Star Adventurer GTi mount/tracker (tracked but unguided) and taken as part of testing the mount on its first night under the stars. Taken from home on a very clear night Sept. 20, 2022. Nebulosity brought out with luminosity masks created with the Lumenzia panel for Photoshop and a mild application of the Nebula Filter action from the PK action set for Photoshop. Dew on the filter prevented me from using more filtered frames taken at the end of the shoot.
Emission nebulas in northern and central Cygnus, including the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) at lower left and the Gamma Cygni complex (IC 1318) at upper right. Deneb is the bright star at left, while Gamma Cygni itself is at upper right. However, the image works well turned 90° to portrait with Deneb at top. This is a stack of 8 x 2-minute exposures with the 200mm lens at f/2.8, and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 1600, taken from home on May 30, 2017 as part of testing the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. All exposures tracked but not guided.
The complex of red emission and dark dusty nebulas in Cygnus, with the bright Cygnus starcloud at bottom and the North America Nebula at top. At the very top is the dark Funnel Cloud Nebula. At lower left are the arcs of the Veil Nebula. Below them is the large star cluster NGC 6940 in Vulpecula. At centre is the IC 1318 nebula, aka the Butterfly. This is a stack of 15 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon RF 28-70mm lens at 50mm and wide open at f/2, taken as part of testing the lens. The lens was shooting though a URTH Night broadband light pollution rejection filter to reduce the green airglow present this night in a shoot from home. The camera was the Canon Ra at ISO 1250, and was on the Star Adventurer Mini tracker. All stacking, alignment and blending with Photoshop 2021.
