Astrophoto: North America Nebula by Lorenzo Comolli

By Fraser Cain - July 21, 2005 at 10:13 AM UTC | Observing

Lorenzo Comolli

took this beautiful picture of

North America Nebula

on the 16th of May 2002 in Capanne di Cosola, Italy. Lorenzo used a Pentax 75 apochromatic refractor with an exposure time of 45 minutes.

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