Amérique du Nord et Pélican

A band of dark dust cuts it in two. On one side the shape of the North American continent appears, on the other that of a pelican. The whole thing measures 120 arcminutes by 100. That is more than the field of most instruments. The gas is in emission, it shines by itself, so the dual-band filter works from the very first hour. What time adds afterwards are the swirls of dark dust that draw the outline.

Sources: Wikipédia en français, NGC 7000, Wikipédia en français, IC 5070. A figure wrong? Report it.