The North America &Pelican Nebulae

Captured remotely using a Tak FSQ106 & Sbig STL 11000M on a Paramount. It is a two-frame mosaic, with each frame consisting of five 10min subexposures. Calibrating & Stacking were done in the latest version of MaximDL Pro, and processing was done in Photoshop CS3 with Noel Carboni's Actions and Annie's Astro-tools. The sky conditions were good but definitely not pristine, and the seeing was average at best. BTW, this is not an H-alpha image, but was just shot through a Luminance filter....it goes to show how a high object altitude and very dark skies can make a huge difference, despite less than perfect conditions. And I'd like to think that I am learning a bit more about processing too....