Pelican Nebula (Brian Schumacher)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: IC 5070 · Pelican Nebula · The star 56 Cyg

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Pelican Nebula

Last year was my first season with NB imaging. My setup is the C/8 Edge HD, .7 focal reducer and the ASI 294 MCP. I decided to shoot NB mono as I felt at f7 I found with OSC/filter it was difficult to get enough exposure time to capture the details I wanted. I am extremely happy that I made that decision. 2023 was also my first year with PixinSite and I was using just the basics functions to stretch with photoshop handling the rest.
I found that 360 sec subs seemed to be a sweet spot for this target with bortle 5.5. I also target 100 exposers per channel so that I can scrutinize the subs without worry of running short.
As my experience grows in PixinSite it's handling more and more of the functions that were previously done in Photoshop. Specifically in this rendition the Pelican I will go back and redo the star layer to bring out better natural color in the stars.
Lastly our summers nights are short so normally I shoot over several days. The dates listed in acquisition are the averaging of the actual data acquisition.

Celestron EdgeHD 800 Imagers
ZWO ASI294MM Pro Images

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