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North America nebula - deep space object

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Shape of nebula resembles continent of North America. It consists mostly of hydrogen gas, which causes reddish color of this picture. This deep sky object is located approx 1600 light years away from Earth. Picture taken with newtonian telescope (750mm focal length), astronomy color camera and H-alpha narrowband filter.

Image dimensions: 2949 x 1955 pixels

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North America nebula - deep space object

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. Shape of nebula resembles continent of North America. It consists mostly of hydrogen gas, which causes reddish color of this picture. This deep sky object is located approx 1600 light years away from Earth. Picture taken with newtonian telescope (750mm focal length), astronomy color camera and H-alpha narrowband filter.

Image dimensions: 2949 x 1955 pixels

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