IC 5070 - Pelican Nebula (Michel Makhlouta)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 56 Cyg · HD198639 · HD198931 · IC 5070 · LBN 350 · LBN 353 · Pelican Nebula · The star 56 Cyg

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The Pelican Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, located at a distance of 1,800 light-years away from my balcony on Earth. Although, the pelican shape cannot be seen, given the close up with my current setup.

My rig is fixed on my balcony since May, thanks to the newly acquired Telegizmos 365 cover. It even survived a couple of rainy days and some hail. I am also impressed that the RC held collimation all this time. The ARCO, my most recent addition, was not working properly with SGP, while working flawlessly with NINA. However, PLL were supportive and few beta firmware updates later, it seems to be stable with SGP as well now. I did learn to use NINA, so that's a plus.

Other than that, this was an uneventful capture. Comments and feedback are always much appreciated.

Clear skies, and stay safe everyone.

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RA (center)	20h50m37s.379
RA (top/left)	20h50m05s.405
RA (top/right)	20h52m43s.775
RA (bottom/right)	20h51m09s.750
RA (bottom/left)	20h48m31s.295

Dec (center)	+44°25′06″.20
Dec (top/left)	+44°02′36″.94
Dec (top/right)	+44°30′31″.81
Dec (bottom/right)	+44°47′34″.77
Dec (bottom/left)	+44°19′31″.70

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