North America nebula, Pelican nebula, M29 and Gamma-Cygni area 

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Date: 27. September 2003
Time UT: 20:40, 21:28, 22:10, 22:55 and 24:40
Location: Harestua, Norway
Altitude: Approx. 590m above sea level.
Latitude: 60º12'39"N
Longitude: 10º45'04"E
Seeing: 6/10
Transmission: 6/10
Conditions: -1ºC
Camera: Olympus OM-1
Lens: Olympus Zuiko 135mm f/2,8 @ f4
Exposure: 5 x 40 minutes (for a total exposure time of 200 minutes)
Film: Kodak Elite Chrome 200
Guiding: SBIG STV w/eFinder 
Scanning: Scanned at 2400dpi and 48bit. HP Photosmart Scanner using Vuescan 7.6.20 from Hamrick Software.
Digital enhancements: The 10 raw-scans where averaged together using RegiStar v1.0.6. The resulting image was then colour balanced and contrast stretched before applying a mild unsharp mask. Finally the image was slightly cropped before it where downsized and converted to JPG for presentation on the WEB. All image processing in Picture Window Pro 3.1h
Notes: This widefield of the Cygnus was taken while we where shooting NGC7000 through a Takahashi Sky-90 using a Canon EOS 10D

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Created 07. October 2003