Gallery ▾ ICONIC NEBULAE IN CYGNUS Michael de Nigris The North America (NGC 7000) and Pelican nebulae are clouds of ionized hydrogen roughly 1,500 light-years away that bear remarkable resemblances to their namesakes. Details: Celestron EdgeHD 11 SchmidtCassegrain telescope, Atik monochrome CCD camera, and hydrogen-alpha filter. Total exposure: 6 hours. ▶ IN THE WHALE'S TALE Tom Harrison Discovered by William Herschel in 1785, NGC 210 is an 11th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy in Cetus. Its nearly disconnected arms might be evolving into a ring structure. Details: RC Optical Systems 12.5-inch Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph and SBIG STL6303E CCD camera with Astrodon Gen2 LRGB filters. Total exposure: 22.3 hours. Visit SkyandTelescope.com/gallery for more of our readers' astrophotos. 74 September 2016 sky & telescopehttp://www.SkyandTelescope.com/gallery