Image Description and Details: MT 300 SkyVision F / D 3.3 Astrograph Telescope Instrument with Paracorr Type 2
Imager CCD camera QSI 540WSG, temperature -15 °, Atik GP guidance
Exposure 16 X1200 sec in H alpha, 5 x 600 sec in RGB
MaxIm DL 5 pre-treatments
MaxIm DL 5 and Photoshop CS3 processing
Conditions SQM 20.92, fairly good transparency, wind 28 km / s

The Pelican Nebula (IC 5067 and IC 5070) is an emission nebula located approximately 2,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It is very wide in the sky, making approximately 2.5 times the diameter of the Moon.

Copyright: Alexandre Cucculelli