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[johnlyngfr]

The Pelican Nebula

With the Pelican Nebula, we are revisiting a nearby star-forming region in our galaxy. The predominant pink colour reveals again the telltale presence of energetic hydrogen gas that eventually coalesces under gravity into stars. However, there are also colder dark and opaque regions clearly defined in this complex image.

In the close-up photo, we see fantastic long tendrils of colder gas sculpted by energetic radiation from a nearby protostar. To help understand how this happens, consider how long icicles are formed on a rooftop by warm sunlight and gravity in winter.

The Pelican Nebula reveals the complexity of star formation, from cold and dark gas clouds to hot young protostars, but, at 2,000 light years, the size, distance and timescale remain challenging for us to grasp.

I photographed the Pelican Nebula from my garden in Strasbourg France. This is an ensemble of 119 photos where each was a 3-minute exposure using a hydrogen-enhance filter. I combined 54 photos from July 2025 with 65 photos from August 2024.

[jzholloway-sncastro]

68 Cygni & NGC 7000 - 2 Panel Mosaic The North American Nebula (NGC 7000), along with the Pelican Nebula, is a popular summertime astrophotography target. Much less popular is its neighbor, the star 68 Cygni and the surrounding dust clouds. With my success doing mosaics with the Sadr Region of Sadr, I decided to attempt coupling 68 Cygni with some pre-existing data taken of the North American Nebula. I had some issues trying to use one stack of my data from last year, so I cut it out completely and used 3.5 hours of data along with 5 hours of 68 Cygni data taken on July, 3 - 4, 2022. So, instead of 10.5 hours of integration I ended up with 8.5. Not nearly as big or as time consuming as my Sadr Mosaic, this felt more challenging in processing due to the amount of stars, dark nebula regions and intense reds. Clipping the shadows / blacks was a real issue and difficult to avoid while trying to bring out some vibrance in the nebula. . NGC 7000 45 x 240s 7 x 300s - 68 Cygni 60 x 300s - Darks, flats, dark flats and biases used for calibration Providence, RI - Bortle 8 . #astrophotography #astronomy #phototography #highpointscientific #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #earliestlight #astromaniacmag #spaceimage #space #cosmos #nebula #mosaic #68cygni #ngc7000 #ic5070 #pelicannebula #northamericannebula #milkyway #stars #darknebula #nasa #apod #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #rhodeisland #providenceri #canonphotography #cygnus (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfq3V7KO4ef/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[spinningblueball]

Pelican Nebula (IC 5067 and 5070)

[johnlyngfr]

The Pelican Nebula

The Pelican Nebula is a region of hot-energized hydrogen near the bright star Deneb in the constellation of Cygnus. In this photo, the Pelican Nebula is at the centre, with the neighboring “North American Nebula” above it. It is nearby in the Milky Way Galaxy, at a distance of only 1,800 light years.

The Pelican Nebula has a very intense star-formation core, and it is the focus of serious attention from researchers. This caldron of hot hydrogen is so intense, it is dispersing the adjacent gas and dust in violent stellar winds, forming an “ionization front”. Look closely at this ionization front, and you see long and dark structures called “Herbig-Haro jets”, resulting from this powerful shockwave.

I photographed the Pelican Nebula from my garden in Strasbourg France on a single night in August 2024. This is an ensemble of 80 photographs, where each photo was a 3 minute exposure (4 hours of astrophotography).

More information:

Pelican Nebula - Wikipedia

Pelican Nebula - Wikipedia

Pillars and Jets in the Pelican Nebula

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[jzholloway-sncastro]

North American & Pelican Nebula I decided to go back and reprocess what I consider some of the best data I have, which is this data from over the Summer. I feel like every month I learn something new in my processing workflow and here, simply by stretching with levels vs curves in Photoshop, I was able to bring out more the the nebulosity and keep the brighter stars more muted. This target, located in a very bright portion of the constellation Cygnus, is one of my favorite to shoot. This data wastaken over three nights in Providence, RI (bortle 8). . 1 - with stars 2 - starless (this time my fav!) . 45 x 240s (6-5-2021) 7 x 300s (6-6-2021) 20 x 360s (9-11-2021) 800 ISO - Bortle 8 . Radian Raptor 61 Canon EOS Ra Optolong L-eNhanced Filter Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO asi224mc (guide) . @optcorp @canonusa @radiantelescopes @optolongfilter @provjournal . #astronomy #astrophotography #OPTeam #myOPTgear #highpointscientific #agenaastro #earliestlight #astromaniacmag #ngc7000 #ic5070 #northamericannebula #pelicannebula #cygnus #space #cosmos #milkyway #Nebula #stars #canonphotography #radiantelescopes #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #rhodeisland #nature #beauty #red #telescope #eos #hpscollections #nightsky (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8MAr0rLXh/?utm_medium=tumblr

[hamoudablog]

IC5070 SHO by nicolasstephan La nébuleuse du Pélican (IC 5067 et IC 5070) est une nébuleuse en émission située à environ 2 000 années-lumière de la Terre dans la constellation du Cygne1. Elle est très étendue dans le ciel, faisant environ 2,5 fois le diamètre de la Lune SHO 17H de pose au newton ,ccd sbig stf8300 Mon Site nicoastro.fr/ https://flic.kr/p/2gkP27y

[josevte72]

La Nebulosa del Pelícano

La Nebulosa del Pelícano

La Nebulosa del Pelícano es visible como una nebulosa de polvo en forma de pájaro, la podemos encontrar en la preciosa constelación del Cisne, la nebulosa del pelícano es un lugar salpicado de cientos de estrellas recién formadas pero rodeadas con un polvo oscuro.

IC 5067 o IC 5070, la Nebulosa del Pelícano. Imagen del telescopio espacial Hubble.

Estos granos de polvo se formaron en las…

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[apod]

2016 November 19

IC 5070: A Dusty Pelican in the Swan Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Richards (Chanctonbury Observatory)

Explanation: The recognizable profile of the Pelican Nebula soars nearly 2,000 light-years away in the high flying constellation Cygnus, the Swan. Also known as IC 5070, this interstellar cloud of gas and dust is appropriately found just off the "east coast" of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), another surprisingly familiar looking emission nebula in Cygnus. Both Pelican and North America nebulae are part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula. From our vantage point, dark dust clouds (upper left) help define the Pelican's eye and long bill, while a bright front of ionized gas suggests the curved shape of the head and neck. This striking synthesized color view utilizes narrowband image data recording the emission of hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the cosmic cloud. The scene spans some 30 light-years at the estimated distance of the Pelican Nebula.