The Pelican Nebula

Location

The Pelican Nebula lies about 2,000 light-years away in the high flying constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Also known as IC 5070, this cosmic pelican is appropriately found just off the "east coast" of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), another surprisingly familiar looking emission nebula in Cygnus. The Pelican and North America nebulae are part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula.

By: Elias Jordan (15)

Specs:

Target: IC 5070
Type: Emission Nebula
R.A. 20h 50m 48.0s
Dec. +44° 20′ 60.0"

Telescope: Takahashi FRC 300
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: SBIG STL11000M

Date: 6/22/2009
Location: Mayhill, New Mexico

Total Exposure: 114min (6840s)
4x 900s Luminance
1x 600s Red
2x 600s Green
2x 720s Blue

Software:
Telescope Control: The Sky
Camera Control: CCDSoft
Focusing: Focus Max
Processing: Photoshop CS4, CCDOps

Image Processing: Data Averaging and Pixel Editing in CCDOps,then LRGB Combining in CCDSoft, Minor adjustments and compressing in Photoshop CS4