Other Names: Pelican Nebula
Optics: Borg 101ED at f/4.1
Mount: Paramount MX using
The SkyX Pro Camera: QSI 683WS-8 Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm, OIII 3nm, SII 3nm
Exposure: 1300 Mins or 21 2/3 hours, Ha, Binned 1x1, 1800s exposures
Accessories: Auto guided with Borg 45ED &
Starlight Xpress Lodestar. Feathertouch focuser using
FocusMax 3.8.0 Location: Burlington, ON
Date: Taken over several nights and several months from April 18th, 2016 to June 13th, 2016
Notes: Image acquisition with
Maxim DL Pro using
MaxPilote automation software.
Processing: Image calibration, align, and combine in Maxim DL Pro. Levels, curves, cosmetic adjustments and crop/resize in Photoshop.
Calibrated w/20 Darks, 100 Bias, 50 Flats of each filter using a flat pannel.
CCD temperature was -25C. Image was taken from my backyard
Observatory.
Link to Narrowband image:
http://astromarina.zenfolio.com/p52895960/h71cb393e#h71cb393e The
Pelican Nebula (also known as
IC 5070 and IC 5067[1]) is an
H II 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.
[1] 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.