Pelican Nebula, IC5070 (jewzaam)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: 56 Cyg · 57 Cyg · HD198639 · HD198896 · HD198931 · HD199178 · IC 5070 · LBN 334 · LBN 338 · LBN 343 · LBN 350 · LBN 353 · LBN 359 · LDN 933 · Pelican Nebula · The star 56 Cyg · The star 57 Cyg

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Pelican Nebula, IC5070

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Pelican Nebula, IC5070

Pelican Nebula, IC5070. Located 1800 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. It's claimed this looks like a pelican, but no matter how I turn it I just don't see it. That's fine, it's still a pretty object! Not much RGB caught (29 minutes), and only one short night of HaO3. Combined RGB with HOH to go for purple at the request of family (and my personal preference!). I'd like more RGB to improve the quality but as a first crack I'm pleased.

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Description: Just rotated, I finally see the pelican! Though I think he's riding on an elephant...

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Description: New processing of older masters. Didn't go for crazy colors this time, just unlinked stretch of the l-extreme data.

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Description: Re-processed from the raw data. More careful with gradients and getting rid of green and blue bias in the backgrounds. I'd like more star color variation but it is shifting to magenta, so will just go with not magenta / green stars.

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Description: Fun with Foraxx palette.

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	8242924
PixInsight job	S69T1P2CSP55F2UWGDR75SAFCHE8D1VE
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h51m20s.651
RA (top/left)	20h55m14s.413
RA (top/right)	20h55m20s.122
RA (bottom/right)	20h47m21s.187
RA (bottom/left)	20h47m26s.979

Dec (center)	+44°19′57″.22
Dec (top/left)	+43°37′14″.98
Dec (top/right)	+45°02′11″.53
Dec (bottom/right)	+45°02′10″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°37′13″.38

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