NGC7000’s Gulf of Mexico by Daniel Meek
NGC7000’s Gulf of Mexico (Daniel Meek)

NGC7000’s Gulf of Mexico by Daniel Meek

Photo of the Week for September 12, 2014 Daniel Meek of Calgary, Alberta, took this detailed image of […]

Photo of the Week for September 12, 2014

Daniel Meek of Calgary, Alberta, took this detailed image of the North America Nebula, NGC7000, during the night of August 25/26, 2014. It nicely shows the aptly named “Gulf of Mexico” region.

NGC7000’s Gulf of Mexico by Daniel Meek
NGC7000’s Gulf of Mexico (Daniel Meek)

He used a 5-inch Tele Vue NP127is f/5.2 apochromatic refractor and a QSI 583wsg CCD camera for this 180-minute, narrowband image. More of Daniel’s work can be seen here.