LeGentil 3 Area of Cygnus Milky Way

The area of northern Cygnus, showing the dark nebula known as LeGentil 3 north of Cygnus in the Milky Way, along with the bright emission nebulas of the North America Nebula and the Pelican Nebula near Deneb. This is a stack of ten 5-minute exposures at f/2.8 with the 135mm Canon L-series telephoto and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII camera at ISO 1600, tracked on the Kenko SkyMemo tracker with no guiding. Taken at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party, August 16, 2012.

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