North America e Pelican Nebulas

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This is my favourite object! It's shape has a near perfect resemblance with North America continent and is very rich of dark nebulas. On the right there is also the Pelican Nebula, which shape is more difficult to recognize. North America is catalogued as NGC7000 and Pelican as IC5070. The brightest star on the left is 62 Cygni.
See also the shot with 200mm.
 

Technical Data
Optics	Pentax 75 apochromatic refractor
Focal Lenght	500 mm
Focal Ratio	f/6,7
Exposure Time	45 min exposure
Film	Kodak E200
Developement sensibility	320 ISO
Location	Capanne di Cosola (AL, on the Appenninus, Italy) at 1500m
Date and time of exposure start	16 may 2002, 1.22 UT
Mount	Gemini G41
Tracking	ST4
Temperature and humidity	T=+9°C, RH=100%
Notes	-

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