Pelican nebula

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070 and IC 5067)

DESCRIPTION

The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC5070 and IC5067) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula resembles a pelican in shape, hence the name. The Pelican Nebula is a large area of emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan), close to Deneb, and divided from its brighter, larger neighbor, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.

Wikipedia informations

IRRADIATED JETS AND OUTFLOWS IN THE PELICAN NEBULA. John BALLY.

ACQUISITION

Date & Location

1, 2, 7 Aout 2010 – Lozère, France

Telescope/Optics

Takahashi FSQ 106ED

Mount

Takahashi EM200

Camera CCD

SBIG STL 4020M

Focuser

Robofocus/FocuxMax

Filters

Ha/SII/OIII Astrodon filters

Guidage

FS60C remote guiding head SBIG

STL remote guider TC-237H

IMAGING PROCESS

Exposures

Ha(24*5min) SII(25*5min) OIII(15*5min).

Total : 5h30. Out temperature : 7°C. In CCD temperature : -25°

Softwares for acquisition

Robofocus, Focusmax, CCDsoft V5. TheShy6 Pro, CCDAP 3 Pro. CCDInspector

Softwares for digital image processing

Calibration, Registration, Color stack with CCDstack 1.0 (CCDIS plug-in). Level and curves adjustements with Photoshop CS3. Final processing with PIXINSIGHT 1.2

Astrophotography and Nature

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