Pelican Nebula in LRGB
The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067) 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, thus giving rise to its name.
The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward.
| Object | Pelican Nebula |
| Link | https://www.shetzers.com/pelican-nebula/ |
| Wiki Link | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican_Nebula |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Other Names contained in image | IC 5070, IC 5067 |
| Imaging telescopes or lenses | Takahashi FSQ -106ED4 |
| Imaging cameras | QHY268M |
| Mounts | Software Bisque Paramount MYT |
| Focal reducers | None |
| Software | Software Bisque The Sky X, N.I.N.A., PHD Lab PHD2, Viking, PixInsight, Photoshop, Lightroom |
| Filters | Astrodon LRGB Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance 36mm unmounted. Chroma Technology Narrowband 3nm Ha, SII, OIII – 36mm Unmounted |
| Accessories | Moonlite NightCrawler 35 focuser, Maxdome II, Digital Loggers Pro Switch, Sky Alert Weather Station, Pegagsus Ultimate Powerbox v2, Starlight Xpress filter wheel, Alnitak Flip-Flat |
| Guiding Telescope or Lenses | Orion 60mm Guide Scope |
| Guiding Camera | ZWO ASI290MM Mini |
| Imaging Dates | 11/20/22, 11/21/22, 11/22/22, 11/24/22, 11/25/22, 11/30/22 |
| Frames | Luminance: 29×300″ (2.4h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Red: 29×300″ (2.4h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Green: 28×300″ (2.3h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 Blue:28×300″ (2.3h) Gain 25, Photographic Mode, Temp -25C, Bin 1×1 |
| Integration | 9.5h |
| Darks | 50 |
| Flats | 20 per Filter |
| Flat Darks | 40 |
| Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: | 2 |
| RA center | 312.93208 |
| DEC center | 44.1101 |
| Pixel scale | 3.76 |
| Resolution | 6280 x 4210 |
| Locations | Sirus 3.5m Observatory, Carbondale Colorado |
| Data source | Backyard |
| Seeing | Average |
| Post Processing Techniques | PixInsight to Photoshop to Lightroom |
Pelican Nebula was last modified: January 23rd, 2023 by