North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula in Ha Light
 
North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula Constellation: Cygnus
   
Telescope: 300mm Nikon Lens, ST-2000XCM  CCD Camera, Astronomik Ha Filter Date: October 7th, 2010
   
Subexposures: 10 minutes x 24 Total Exposure Time: 4 hours
   
Distance: 1800 light-years 
   

This image shows the view of the nebula complex as seen by the color CCD camera.  This image is not natural color, but is filtered so that only a narrow bandwidth of light around the Hydrogen alpha wavelength is seen.