Last night I imaged IC 5070
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 molecular cloud filled with dark dust. It lies about 1800 light years from Earth.
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.
Imaging Data
Image: IC 5070
Date: 8/24/2023
Exposure: 180 sec
Number of Lights: 120 of which 81 were used for 4h 3m
Gain: 100
Binning: 1×1
Camera Type: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro using Hyperstar IV.
Cooling Temp: 0 deg C
Filter: IDAS-NBZ Narrowband Filter
Telescope: Celestron 1100HD SCT
Mount : 10MICRON GM1000HPS
Focuser: MicroTouch Focuser