Image Data :
Camera : SBIG ST2000XM
Telescope : Williams Optics 72mm Magrez APO
Mount : Paramount ME
Total Exposure : 1 Hour 10 mins
Sub Frames : 0 x 0 min Auto Guiding : No Filters : Deep Sky Filter Image Capture Software : CCDSoft Processing Software : CCDStack, Iris Other Designations : Sh-117, IC5070 Object Information :
The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC5070 and IC5067) is an H II 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. 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. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain. Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something that appears completely different. Information care of Wikipedia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||