The Cygnus Wall Nebula
NGC 7000 in Cygnus
is a huge nebular complex known as the North America Nebula. This field of view features a small piece of the complex called the Cygnus Wall. The wall itself appears at the bottom of the image, and relates to the region of NGC 7000 which is reminiscent of the shapes of Mexico and Central America when seen in its entirety. While all of NGC 7000 is an emission nebula, its greatest concentration of star birth is occurring within the wall. The version at top uses the Hubble Palette of Sulfur II (R), Hydrogen alpha (G), and Oxygen III (B) narrowband data, while the version below is mapped to the Canada France Hawaii Telescope palette. My thanks go out to friend and imager extraordinaire Bill Snyder for allowing me to process this data acquired at Sierra Remote Observatories.
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is a huge nebular complex known as the North America Nebula. This field of view features a small piece of the complex called the Cygnus Wall. The wall itself appears at the bottom of the image, and relates to the region of NGC 7000 which is reminiscent of the shapes of Mexico and Central America when seen in its entirety. While all of NGC 7000 is an emission nebula, its greatest concentration of star birth is occurring within the wall. The version at top uses the Hubble Palette of Sulfur II (R), Hydrogen alpha (G), and Oxygen III (B) narrowband data, while the version below is mapped to the Canada France Hawaii Telescope palette. My thanks go out to friend and imager extraordinaire Bill Snyder for allowing me to process this data acquired at Sierra Remote Observatories.
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CFHT Palette (Hydrogen alpha, Oxygen III, Sulfur II)