Imaging telescope or lens:Takahashi FSQ-106N FSQ
Imaging camera:QSI 583wsg
Mount:apt1200gto AP1200
Software:CCD Autopilot 5
Resolution: 1100x1402
Dates: Sept. 4, 2009
Frames: 16x1200"
Integration: 5.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 14.61 days
Avg. Moon phase: 99.97%
Astrometry.net job: 1511935
RA center: 312.858 degrees
DEC center: 43.944 degrees
Pixel scale: 4.542 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: -177.643 degrees
Field radius: 1.124 degrees
Locations: ImagingInfinity Observatory, Bethune, SC, United States
IC6070, sometimes called the "Pelican Nebula" lies 2000 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus. Dark dust clouds in the nebula define the Pelican's eyes and long bill, while a bright region of glowing hydrogen gas outline the back of his neck. As this region of active star formation evolves over time, a few million years from now it will no doubt no longer resemble its namesake.
This image was captured through a narrowband filter admitting only a narrow slice of spectrum around the wavelength of glowing hydrogen. Thus it is a monochrome (single color) image displayed as shades of grey. Considering the thickness of the haze and the passing clouds, it is amazing that the hydrogen-alpha filter pulled out as much detail as it did.
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