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Deneb to Pelican, Dave Erickson
Deneb to Pelican
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Deneb to Pelican

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Deneb to Pelican, Dave Erickson
Deneb to Pelican
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Deneb to Pelican

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Roughly 4X6 degrees centered on Deneb in Cygnus at 20h 41m +45d 16m. The image includes the Pelican Nebula at the lower right. North is to the left. Additional CMOS camera data added to CCD data from 2016.

This image was processed to highlight the hydrogen, SII nebula to the north, left, of Deneb. In doing this the stars of that area were supressed. An additional intent was to highlight what appears to be a blue reflective nebula around Deneb. This blue nebula is in addition to the Halpha and dust nebula in that area.

I think this blue Deneb nebula is a Halpha nebula that is tinted blue by atmospheric scattering from the overwhelming bright Deneb.

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