We are back into spectacular nebula territory with the Pelican Nebula. It is bursting with hot and cold gases, dust particle fronts, ionized gases and newly formed stars.
The image was treated in the Hubble color palette style, perfect for high contrast regions like this one.
Emissions are colored in blue and red rather than simpler shades of red.
If you want to see the said Pelican, turn the image 90° and look for its eye and long beak.
The blinding star nearby is the well known Deneb, the head of the Cygnus constellation.
| Target | Name | Pelican Nebula |
| Reference | IC5070 | |
| More info | https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9buleuse_du_P%C3%A9lican | |
| Conditions | Date | May 24th 2022 |
| Location | Montréal | |
| Bortle | 9 | |
| Exterior Temp | 16° C | |
| Seeing | Bon | |
| Equipment | Optics | Skywatcher 200/1000mm (Newtonian) |
| Main Camera | ASI294MC Pro | |
| Filter | Optolong L-Extreme | |
| Mount: | EQ6-R Pro | |
| Guide Scope | Orion 50/162mm | |
| Guide camera | ZWO ASI120MM mini | |
| Automation | Control | N.I.N.A / PHD2 / EQAscom |
| Autofocus | ZWO EAF | |
| Shots | # of shots | 98 |
| Exposure time per shot | 120s | |
| Total integration | 3 hr 16 min | |
| Calibration | 20x darks (-10°C, 120s) | |
| Processing | Software | Pixinsight 1.8.9 |
| Processes | WeightedBatchPreprocessing, DynamicCrop, PhotometricColorCalibration, SCNR, EZ Decon, StarXTerminator, EZ SoftStrech, NoiseXTerminator, Autoscript LocalEnhanceDetail, Darkness Enhance Detail Hubble method based on the one by @lukomatico | |
| Copyright | Author | Fabrice Lamidey |
| License | Creative Commons : Attribution, No Commercial Use (CC BY-NC) |