Imaged from Beckwith Township, Ontario, Canada

This was shot at 40mm with a Sigma Art 40mm f/1.4 lens with a total integration time (exposure) of two hours and eight minutes.

It is very busy and there are a lot of significant nebulae and other astronomical details herein.

Description:

The brighter areas running diagonally through the image is an arm of our galaxy, the Milky Way.

The red areas are hydrogen-alpha rich emission regions.
There are several significant emission nebulae within the image: On the lower left there are the North America and Pelican Nebulae.

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to the star Deneb (the largest and brightest star in the image). The remarkable shape of the nebula resembles that of the continent of North America, complete with a prominent Gulf of Mexico.

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican.

At he bottom and just right of Centre is The Cygnus Loop (also The Veil Complex). It shows faint filaments that are part of a large supernova remnant called the Cygnus Loop. The Cygnus Loop is a giant supernova remnant. It is the remains of a star that exploded 5000 to 10,000 years ago. The distance to it is estimated at about 1500 light years. Because of its immense size, it contains several individually named objects, including NGC 6992 and IC 1340 on the left side as well as NGC 6960 and Pickering's Triangle on the right. The bright star 52 Cygni (52 Cyg) associated with NGC 6960 is clearly visible

Various other (and unnamed) areas of hydrogen-alpha emission can be seen throughout the image.

Streams of Dark Nebulae can also be seen throughout the image. These are areas of dust so dense they block light transmission.

To the right of Deneb is the star commonly called Sadr. The area around Sadr was described in a previously posted image.

Nikon D5300 (full spectrum modified); IDAS HEUIB-II UV/IR Cut Filter; Sigma Art 40mm f/1.4 lens @ / f/2; ISO 200; Skywatcher EQ6-R equatorial mount; guided with Altair GPCAM2 290; and PHD2; 32 x 4 minute subs (total integration is 2 hours and 8 minutes).

Shot in 14 bit RAW; stacked using DSS with flat, dark and bias calibration frames; processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop CC. Star reduction in Pixinsight using a mask and StarNet++.