The Pelican - A Portrait (IC5070) (Michael Feigenbaum)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 56 Cyg · 57 Cyg · IC 5070 · Pelican nebula · The star 56Cyg · The star 57Cyg

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I thought I would continue using this Orion ST120 f/5 achromat a little bit more to see what it can do with the ZWO ASI1600mm camera. I think this camera may be better suited for this scope by virtue of the smaller pixels versus the F8300.

I really am impressed with the results from this modest telescope.

I have wanted to image the Pelican apart from the NA nebula and this was a good opportunity to do so. I had a lot of high clouds streaming by nearly all night and I did have to delete almost half of my frames. But still I was quite surprised.

I will add some Oiii as time and clear skies allow...

As always, any comments and/or criticism are welcome and Clear Skies to all!

Mike

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Description: I am experimenting with HyperStar imaging with my C9.25. I decided to try to acquire some Oiii data to go along with this Ha image I did last month. I processed it in the classic HOO color mapping. I'm quite encouraged by the result. Sure, it has it's issues, but I think this will be a useful tool going forward...

I also did one in a H-HO-O palette but i don't quite know what to make of it yet. May include it after I have a chance to review it later.

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Description: This image was processed using a method to produce a synthetic green form a combination of the Ha and Oiii data. I was fighting some Oiii reflection halos, but if done properly, this method can approximate true color... I don't think I succeeded in that area but I do think it is interesting anyway...

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RA (center)	20h52m29s.54
RA (top/left)	20h54m50s.64
RA (top/right)	20h49m32s.33
RA (bottom/right)	20h50m11s.34
RA (bottom/left)	20h55m23s.35

Dec (center)	+44°16′35″.5
Dec (top/left)	+44°54′40″.3
Dec (top/right)	+44°49′31″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+43°38′19″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°43′21″.5

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