The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC5070 and IC5067) is an HII 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.
(from Wikipedia)
This images was taken using narrowband filters and afterwards assigning SII to red, Halpha to green and OIII to blue, the so called Hubble-palette.
Date: 07/01/2010
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Image Data
Telescope: RCOS 14.5" f/8
Mount: ASA DDM85
Detector: STL-11000M
Filters: Astrodon Gen 2 5nm Narrowband
Exposures: SII Ha OIII 240:330:240 min
