A panoramic deep space image of NGC 700, also known as the North American Nebula. This nebula is comprised of gases and more or less resembles the continent of North America flipped upside down. Bear in mind it has a vague resemblance, not looks exactly like it. The nebula is all sorts of shades of light blue, due to the oxygen gas, which is highlighted in this photograph. It’s flanked by some orangish areas, and beyond that you can see into deeper space. Except, there’s all sorts of dust, which appears as lighter shades of brown and maybe red. This dust is amorphous in nature with large, shapes, or blobs, if you will, everywhere. This is a narrowband image, which means that I created it using filters for specific gases, such as hydrogen and oxygen, then combined it into colors we can see. The technique is the same process that telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope sometimes use. Stars are everywhere in the photograph, especially on the right hand side. There are… a lot of stars. The image’s colors are deep, dramatic, and striking.
Always follow your North Star
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