NGC 7000 (North American Nebula)
A Bradford Robotic Telescope image of NGC 7000, The North American Nebula, so called because of it's resemblance to said continent. It is quite uncanny! :o
...and for comparison...Not sure what happened to Alaska tho'...
A vast cloud of interstellar hydrogen, ionised (Hii) by a nearby star, possibly Deneb, which would make it some 1800 Ly from Earth and 100 Ly across.
Colour filter 60000 ms exposure
22 Sept 2008 22:18:22 UTC. Ra 20:58:53.2 Dec 44:26:03
...and for comparison...Not sure what happened to Alaska tho'...
A vast cloud of interstellar hydrogen, ionised (Hii) by a nearby star, possibly Deneb, which would make it some 1800 Ly from Earth and 100 Ly across.
Colour filter 60000 ms exposure
22 Sept 2008 22:18:22 UTC. Ra 20:58:53.2 Dec 44:26:03
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