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Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi

IC 5070
Pelican Nebula in Cygnus
Narrow Band Image


Copyright 2008
Keith Quattrocchi
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Image Acquisition Information
                      
 
Telescope: 16" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien Telescope (ion milled at 6/9) 
Camera: SBIG STL-6303 M
Guiding: SBIG AOL,  Astrodon  MOAG AOG (SBIG 237 with FLR)
Filters: Astrodon 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-Augusr 11, 2007                              
Time: 18x20 min ( 6 hours) each for SII, HA, OIII: total 24 hrs                           
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.

Additional Comments:  Image processing involved Hubble Palette blending of SII (Red), Ha (Green) and OIII (Blue).  Color combine in Maxim DL, data stretching (curves) and further processing (unsharp mask and Kodac Gem) in Photoshop
CS/2
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