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North American Nebula
North American Nebula
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Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro
Date: Jul 11, 2005
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 180 seconds
Galleries: Sky, Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Jul 14, 2005

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 The North American Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The bright star just below center is Deneb. The photo covers the northern area of Cygnus. The bright red nebula is the North American Nebula, aptly named due to its distinctive shape. The shot is approximately 25 degrees wide, roughly the same width as the Big Dipper. Shot with my 50mm Canon f2.5 at an aperture of 3.5. Other details at left.

Shot piggyback on the Doc G 12" LX200 observatory of the Madison Astronomical Society, a professionally mounted telescope.

A larger format photo of this shot can be found here.

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Canon EOS-5D Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 07/14/2005 12:46:54 PM
Once again, a great shot. You're having WAYYY too much fun. I'd expect three minutes at ISO400 to result in a fair amount of grain on a 10D, so I'm curious to know how much of the shot is noise vs. stars. It also looks like you're getting a LOT of purple fringing with that lens (blue stars ain't THAT blue). Although it's not as wide, I suspect that your 70-200 wouldn't do that. You might also try a longer exposure at f/8.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 07/14/2005 12:28:38 PM
THIS IS FABULOUS! NASA would love to have this photo. Excellent shot. WOW - I'm so impressed.
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