IC5070 - The Pelican Nebula
The Pelican Nebula in Cygnus
Apogee U16M w Astrodon Gen II 5nm
H-Alpha
filter
AP155 EDF F/7 w Robofocus
Mount: Paramount ME
14 x 10 min
Acquired with
CCDSoft5 using CCD-Commander automation (so I could sleep through this!)
Dark and Flat Calibration plus Alignment and Sigma Reject combine in
Maxim DL
Levels, Curves and Contrast adjustment
in Photoshop CS4
Click on the image to see a larger version that will resize in the
browser.
Click HERE to see a
crop of the head of the Pelican and the shock front at the tip of the
elephant trunk
Click HERE to see the same object
taken using my ST10XME and FSQ - same field of view at half the
resolution.
Flesherton, Ontario
July 22 2011
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