IC 5070 · PELICAN NEBULA JUL 2025
§ DEEP-SKY · TARGET
IC 5070
Pelican Nebula
- TYPE
- Emission nebula
- CONSTELLATION
- Cygnus
- DISTANCE
- 1,800 ly
- MAGNITUDE
- +8.0
- APPARENT SIZE
- 60' × 50'
ACQUISITION
DATE
Jul 2025
LOCATION
Columbus, OH · Bortle 5
INTEGRATION
~8h
PALETTE
HOO
FILTERS
Antlia ALP-T
The Pelican shares the H-II complex with the North America Nebula but gets a fraction of the attention. The 'beak' is a pillar of dense gas being eroded by UV radiation from nearby O-stars.
§ 01 · PROCESSING
Workflow
- Stacked in PixInsight (WBPP) with calibration frames
- StarXTerminator star removal
- BlurXTerminator deconvolution
- NoiseXTerminator noise reduction
§ 02 · GEAR
Equipment
- SCOPE
- 3D-printed 114mm f/4 Newtonian astrograph
- CAMERA
- ASI533MC Pro
- MOUNT
- Proxisky Umis20s
- FILTERS
- Antlia ALP-T
- GUIDING
- SVBony 60mm guide scope · 22mm mini guide cam · PHD2