NGC 7000 is more commonly called the the North America Nebula. It gets its nickname from its coincidental resemblance to our continent—if you squint and pretend a little, you can see Mexico and Central America to the right, and the Gulf of Mexico and Florida center-right. The nebula is a glowing cloud of hydrogen gas…

I recently purchased the Dwarf 3 telescope, which is designed to make astrophotography more accessible to those of us who don’t like spending six hours outside in the dark, fumbling with equipment that we can’t afford and don’t have the patience to learn how to use. Based on my first three deep sky images, I…