The Pelican Nebula
IC 5070, also known as the Pelican Nebula, is an active star-forming region of nebulosity directly adjacent to the North America Nebula, located about 1,800 light years away.
November 29, 2023
My first image of IC5070, a star forming region known as the Pelican Nebula. You’ll see at the bottom of the image that it is directly adjacent to the North America Nebula (you see the Florida Panhandle portion, and the littlest bit of the Cygnus wall (Yucatan Peninsula). I went back and learned an entirely new processing workflow primarily using the Siril software, and I can’t believe I waited so long to do so! It really helped bring out so much more of the variation in the the dark dust lanes. I’m very pleased with where this image ended up with about 6h15m integration time. I might just need to go back and reprocess all of the data I have for every other target!
Technical Details
Imaging Telescope: William Optics RedCat 51 II
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Filter: SVBony UV/IR Cut 2”
Accessories: ZWO ASIAIR Plus, ZWO EAF, ZWO Filter Drawer (Gen 2)
Software: Siril, Photoshop, NoiseXterminator, Starnet
Guiding Telescope: William Optics UniGuide 32
Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI174MM
Imaging Dates: Nov. 27, 2023; Nov. 28, 2023
Frames (gain 101.0) f/4.9 -10c: 125×180″(6h15m)
Integration Time: 4h27m
Darks/Flats/Dark Flats: 30/30/30
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00