IC 5070(HOO) – Pelican Nebula

IC 5070, known as the Pelican Nebula, is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It has an apparent size of about 60 × 50 arcminutes and combines ionized hydrogen emission with complex dark dust structures. Ultraviolet radiation from young massive stars ionizes the gas, creating bright rimmed regions, while stellar winds shape the nebula and give it its intricate structure. Within this region, numerous Herbig-Haro objects can be found—small nebulosities created by the impact of gas jets from young stars with the surrounding material—revealing intense and ongoing star formation activity.

General information

Constellation: Cygnus
Category: Nebulae
Date: 24 August 2023

Capture

Total time: 2h 15min
Subframes: 300s (Ha: 19x + OIII: 8x) bin1
Gain / Offset: N/A / N/A
Calibration: N/A

Equipment

Telescope: TS102 f/5.6
Camera: ZWO ASI294MM refrigerada at -10 °C
Filters: Astronomik Ha and OIII, 6 nm
Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ-5 Pro belt drive
Guiding: PHD2 with guide scope, 60 mm f/4 and camera ASI224MC

Processing and environment

Processing: Stacked and post-processed with PixInsight 1.9.3
Acquisition: NINA
Location: l'Ampolla
Sky: Bortle 4

Additional versions

Close-up of IC 5070: IC 5070(HOO) – Pelican Nebula — **Close-up of IC 5070**Crop of the main nebular region showing the ionized gas structures and dark dust lanes in greater detail.

Close-up of the Herbig-Haro region: IC 5070(HOO) – Pelican Nebula — **Close-up of the Herbig-Haro region**Crop focused on an area of the nebula where structures associated with Herbig-Haro objects and active star formation processes can be identified.

Complementary view: IC 5070(HOO) – Pelican Nebula — **Complementary view**Complementary image of the nebula offering an alternative view of the field and its overall structural distribution.