Telescope: Astro-Physics 160 Starfire	Description:The North America Nebula (In Narrow Band False Color.) covers a region more than ten times the area of the full moon, but its surface brightness is low, so normally it cannot be seen with the unaided eye. Binoculars and telescopes with large fields of view (approximately 3°) will show it as a foggy patch of light under sufficiently dark skies. However, using a UHC filter, which filters out some unwanted wavelengths of light, it can be seen without magnification under dark skies. Its shape and reddish color (from the hydrogen Ha emission line) show up only in photographs of the area. The portion of the nebula resembling Mexico and Central America is known as the Cygnus Wall. This region exhibits the most concentrated star formation. At optical wavelengths, the North America Nebula and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) appear distinct. The distance to the North America nebula was controversial, because there are few precise methods for determining how far away an HII region lies. Until 2020, most astronomers accepted a value of 2,000 light years, though estimates ranged from 1,500 to 3,000 light years. But in 2020, the Gaia astrometry spacecraft measured the distances to 395 stars lying within the HII region, giving the North American a distance of 2,590 light years (795±25 parsecs). The entire HII region Sh2-117 is estimated to be 140 light years across, and the North America nebula stretches 90 light years north to south. (Wiki).
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO	Constellation:Cygnus.
Camera: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro.	Remotely Imaged With Voyager.
Guiding:ZWO ASI174 guide Camera and 60mm Guide Scope	Type: Hydrogen Alpha Nebula.
Exposure: Twenty Four, Ten Minute, Ha, OIII and SII, Sub Exposures each channel.	Position:R.A. 20h 59m 17s Dec +44° 31' 44"
Processed using Voyager data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing	Date: May2025
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz Plus advice from Scott Hammonds.	Imaging Location: Maor Observatory at Whitetail Hollow