IC5070: The Pelican Nebula in Hydrogen alpha
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The narrowband Optolong l-eXtreme filter brings out the rich nebulosity of this large structure by filtering out everything by the hydrogen alpha and OIII wavelengthss. The image was blended with stars from a broadband exposure for context.
Image details
| Telescope: | Svbony sv503 70ED | |
| Length: | 336mm | |
| Aperture: | 70mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.56 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-07-03 to 2022-07-03 | |
| Lights: | 45 | |
| Exposure: | 120 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 h | |
| Ra: | 20h 52m 43.2s | |
| Dec: | +44° 00' 59.979 | |
| Size: | 143.769 x 103.334 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 1.475 deg | |
| Scale: | 1.434 arcsec/pixel |
IC5070: The Pelican Nebula
2021-07-23
The New Pelican
2022-07-03