The North American Nebula (NGC7000)

The Canon 300D was the first digital camera to take roots in the astronomy community. After all this time, it's still a workhorse! David took 31 exposures at 6 minutes apiece and the results are stunning!

After looking at this photo it makes me wonder why we call it "space". There doesn't seem to be a lot of it in this photo. But, we all do know that each of those stars is many light-years from its closest neighbor.

-- Andy

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Name
 David Rosenthal
Cost
Location Midland Park, NJ
Object

The North American Nebula

Scope Orion 80ED
$400
Mount Orion SkyView Pro goto

$800
Camera EOS 300D
n/a
Capture SW none
Expos

31 x 6-min
Lumi
nance		  
Red  
Green  
Blue  

Pro
cessing Software

 Maxim DL and PhotoShop
Total Equipment Cost  
$1200

Submission Requirements

 

Send your astrophotos to:

 

Rules: Your scope/mount combination cannot cost more than $3500 retail. I really must specify "retail" because I have a friend who is Mr. FindaDeal. He can find the most expensive pieces of equipment for a song. His photos would kill the compeitition. I am not counting the cost of the camera because the most expensive camera on earth won't help your mount track better. Only you, with time, a little elbow grease and some TLC can do that.

 
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Scope name & approximate retail value:
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Luminance:
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