The
Pelican Nebula (also known as
IC 5070 and IC 5067) is an
H II region associated with the
North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this
emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. The nebula is located nearby first magnitude star
Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the
North America Nebula, by a foreground
molecular cloud filled with dark dust. Both are part of the larger H II region of Westerhout 40.
The Pelican has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are found two jets emitted from the
Herbig–Haro object 555.
Source: Wikipedia
Imaging data: ATEO-1 at SkyPi, Pie Town, NM USA
Available from the Starbase website
https://starbase.insightobservatory.com/inventoryAcquisition (19/05/20 - 22/09/20):
- 12 x 600 sec RED (bin x1)
- 13 x 600 sec GREEN (bin x1)
- 20 x 600 sec BLUE (bin x1)
- 10 x 600 sec LUMINANCE (bin x1)
- 28 x 600 sec Ha (bin x1)
Integration: 13 hrs 50 min
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