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Astro Gallery, Nebulae, IC5070 Pelican Nebula In Bicolour
IC5070 Pelican Nebula In BicolourMouseover image to see plate solved annotations, click image to see it at a larger size.

IC5070 Pelican Nebula In Bicolour

Image contains NGC 6997, IC5070 and IC5067 Pelican nebulae, 57Cyg, 56Cyg

The Pelican Nebula, catalogued as IC 5070 and IC 5067, is an Ha region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. The Pelican Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.


Reference:1015Date taken:August 2013
Ambient temperature:+28CLocation:Galera, Andalucia, Spain
Imaging telescope:Takahashi FSQ85EDX 328mm @ f3.8Imaging camera:Atik 383L+
Camera setpoint:-10CMount:Takahashi EM200 Temma 2M
Guiding telescope:ST-80Guiding camera:SSAG
Filters:Baader Ha, OIII, SIILight frames:HA=24 x 600s, OIII=28 x 600s
Integration:8.7 hoursDark frames:35
Flat frames:20 per channelBias frames:35
Capture software:Artemis CaptureGuiding software:MaximDL
Processing software:Pixinsight, Photoshop CS5, Noel Carboni's actions, NIK ToolsAccessories:Lakeside focusser
 
Processing notes:The image was processed with the bicolour HOO palette assigning Red to Ha, Green and Blue to OIII.

Center (RA, Dec): (312.941, 44.122)
Center (RA, hms): 20h 51m 45.952s
Center (Dec, dms): +44 07' 20.688"
Size: 2.65 x 1.99 deg
Radius: 1.655 deg
Orientation: Up is -90.2 degrees E of N
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