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Gerhard Bachmayer | all galleries >> AstroPhotos >> Astrophotos 2008-2024 > IC5070 - Pelican Nebula in Cygnus
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JULY/AUG-2016

IC5070 - Pelican Nebula in Cygnus

Nerpio/Spain

The radiation of young and hot stars shapes their surrounding molecular clouds and gas nebulae into the form of a Pelican. The whole complex is in about 1900 lightyears distance.
Above image is a composition of the spectral emission lines of excited hydrogen (green), sulfur (red) and oxygen (blue).

Telescope: ASA 10N-OK3 f3.6
Mount: ASA DDM 85
Camera: FLI ML8300
Filter-wheel: FLI CW 5-7
Filter: Astrodon HA,OIII, SII
Exposure: HA:24x600sec, OIII:24x600sec, SII:24x600sec
Programs: Maxim DL 5.0, CCDStack 2.93, PixInsight SE 1.8 full exif


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