Image Acquisition Information                      

 

                               Telescope:   16" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 

                               Location:     The "Lost valley Observatory", located

                                                 at "Sierra Remote Observatories" in

                                                 the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California 

                               Camera:       SBIG STL-6303

                               Guiding:       SBIG Adaptive Optics, Astrodon  MOAG AOG

                               Filters:        Astrodon L, R, G, B, Ha, SII, OIII

                               Mount:        Software Bisque Paramount ME

                               Acquisition Programs:   The Sky,CCDAutopliot III, CCD Soft. 

                               Processing Programs: CCDStack, Maxim DL, Photoshop

                               Date:July 7-August 11, 2007                              

                               Time: 1)  LRGB (Ha/Red Combined)::18 x 20 minutes x 5 (30 hours)

                                       2)  Plus SII/Ha/OIII : 18 x 20 minutes x 3 (18 hours). 

                                       3)  Total imaging time: 42 hours.

                                            (Ha used for both LR'GB and NB images).                 

                               Processing:  CCD Stack and PhotoShop CS/2

 

Image Information:  The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is part of a large star forming region with large dust clouds obscuring portions of bright ionized gas. The entire nebula is over 30 light years in size and about 2,000 light years away

Processing Comments:  This image was created by blending (Luminosity Mode in Photoshop CS/2) both the LRGB image (Red channel was a blend of red and H-alpha) with the Narrow Band image (SII, Ha, OIII using Hubble Palette).  Additional processing with curves, High Pass Filter and Kodac Gem.

 

 

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