[APML] 6x7 North American Nebula - From Seattle?

["Jay E. Potts" <jpotts@americanfocus.com>]

I have seen some absolutely stunning images of "The North American Nebula."
on this group, and I won't pretend that this image is in the same league.

However... This image is significant to me, because it was taken, for all
intensive purposes, from within Seattle! For the last 30 years, I didn't
think it was possible to get results like this surrounded by major cities.
Of course, processing tools have been very limited for the majority of that
time. But I didn't think useful data of any kind could be gathered.

In any event, this image is the result of stacking four images that I took
will performing a test to see how long I could expose E200 before washing
out the background in light pollution. These images sat for months until I
had a way to scan them. Then the scans sat for months until I had time to
process them.

Large Image:
http://www.whirlpoolgalaxy.com/ngc7000_p67.html

Small Image (details):
http://www.whirlpoolgalaxy.com/ngc7000_p67_intro.html

I suppose my processing could use some work. Getting a reasonable color
balance is pretty tough because of all the green and blue I had to remove in
an attempt to reduce the effects of light pollution.

Suggestions welcome.

Thanks,
Jay E. Potts
http://www.whirlpoolgalaxy.com (Astrophotography)
http://www.americanfocus.com (Landscape and Wildlife Photography)


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