IC5070 "The Pelican Nebula" in SHO (Jim Raskett)

IC5070 "The Pelican Nebula" in SHO

From Wikipedia:

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 Pelican Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbor, 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 is much studied because it 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. Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something that appears completely different.

Imaged over several nights while waiting for the Lion Nebula to rise out of the lp.

Cool looking nebula true to its name. Nice data quality and an unlimited amount of ways to present the data!

SHO base image was produced using Bill Blanshan's pixelmath operators.

I originally cropped the image to focus on the Pelican, but later included the entire field because I felt that it showcased the Pelican better.

Thanks for looking and comments welcome!

Jim

Original
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B

Description: Went back to the original SHO process (before emphasizing the blues).

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C

Description: A simple adjustment with SCNR minus Green. I like the resulting deep blues in the NA Nebula in the corner.

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RA (center)	20h50m58s.94
RA (top/left)	20h56m40s.51
RA (top/right)	20h43m33s.22
RA (bottom/right)	20h45m32s.21
RA (bottom/left)	20h58m09s.64

Dec (center)	+44°04′41″.1
Dec (top/left)	+45°22′59″.4
Dec (top/right)	+45°03′54″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°45′25″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°03′42″.3

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