Location / Date:

Eggersdorf, GER / 9.Dezember 2014, 15.+16.+17.June

Telescope / Lens:

10" f/4 ONTC Newton

Mount:

Celestron CGE GPS

Camera:

Atik 383L+

Exposure time:

9x1800" Astronomik Ha 6nm CCD

13x1800" Astronomik OIII 12nm CCD

6x300" Astronomik RGB

Total exposure:

Description:

The prominent ridge of emission featured in this dramatic skyscape is part of a giant molecular cloud and  cataloged as IC 5067. Part of a larger emission nebula with a distinctive shape, popularly called The Pelican Nebula, the ridge spans about 10 light-years following the curve of the cosmic pelican's head and neck.  Fantastic, dark shapes inhabiting the 1/2 degree wide field are clouds of cool gas and dust sculpted by the winds and radiation from hot, massive stars. Close-ups of some of the sculpted clouds show clear signs of newly forming stars. The Pelican Nebula, itself cataloged as IC 5070, is about 2,000 light-years away. 

Image recording:

Frank Iwaszkiewicz

Image processing: