Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  IC 5070  ·  NGC 6997  ·  Pelican Nebula  ·  The star 56 Cyg  ·  The star 57 Cyg
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Pelican & North American Nebulas, IC5070, LBN 350, NGC7000 Sh2-117, LBN 373., Alastairmk
Pelican & North American Nebulas, IC5070, LBN 350, NGC7000 Sh2-117, LBN 373.
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Pelican & North American Nebulas, IC5070, LBN 350, NGC7000 Sh2-117, LBN 373.

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Pelican & North American Nebulas, IC5070, LBN 350, NGC7000 Sh2-117, LBN 373., Alastairmk
Pelican & North American Nebulas, IC5070, LBN 350, NGC7000 Sh2-117, LBN 373.
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Pelican & North American Nebulas, IC5070, LBN 350, NGC7000 Sh2-117, LBN 373.

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Description

This is a fairly wide field image (2deg 52' x 2deg 9') of most of the Pelican Nebula and the Florida 7 Gulf of Mexico region of the North America Nebula.  Imaged with a Stellarvue SVX80-3SV 80mm app at f4.4.

Went overboard with OII and SII subs as waiting for 3nm filters to replace the old ZWO 7nm filters that make life difficult with light polluted skies.  Took most subs after midnight when local light pollution less over 12 nights during the period May 10 to June 6, 2022.
Ha 5nm 63 x 480s (8.4 hours)
OIII 7nm 98 x 480s (13.0 hours)
SII 7nm 119 x 480s (15.9 hours)
RGB for stars 38 x 180s (1.9 hours total, roughly 12 subs per filter)
Total integration time 39.2 hours

Processing in Pixinsight.  Preprocessing with WBPP 2.4.5. Particular care with DBE iterations critical for removing light pollution gradients. HOS processed as tone maps with RGB stars added to starless image.  Converted to non-linear with Arcsine stretch.

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Pelican & North American Nebulas, IC5070, LBN 350, NGC7000 Sh2-117, LBN 373., Alastairmk

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