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The Cygnus Wall -NGC 7000- in S.H.O. and an RGB Starfield with Herbig Haro 655

"I will praise the Lord according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high." -Psalm 7:17

This is a false color image of the Cygnus Wall. Utilizing the combination of Narrowband imaging and Broadband Imaging captured over a few nights between the clouds. The nebulosity is captured with Ha, SII and OIII filters and a monochrome camera. The data is then combined and processed in Chromatic Ordering from longest wavelength to shortest. The starfield is natural color captured with RGB filters and a monochrome camera.

Very happy with this image of The Wall. Last year I shot this region with my widefield setup and I kept wanting more reach to resolve the wall better. Once I got the Newtonian up and running I wanted try this again. Who knew, more focal length does in fact increase image quality. I'm especially happy with the small bit of structure detail that HH 655 has taken on. I didn't know about Herbig Haro objects until I had imaged this last year with the widefield setup. I was able to get ~22hrs of NB data in between clouds. And I even got some RGB data for the starfield. I also hope to make an HaRGB rendition. Thanks for looking. Hope you like it.

I like the dynamic nature of this region and the juxtaposition of the dark nebula against the wall. Which to me represents the safety in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Data Breakdown:
Hydrogen Alpha: 34x 600"
Sulpher II: 50x 600"
Oxygen III: 49x 600"
Red: 19x 300"
Green: 18x 300"
Blue: 18x 300"

~26hrs Total integration time.

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