IC5070 - The Pelican Nebula
The Pelican Nebula in Cygnus
ST-10XME and CFW8a, Astrodon 6nm
H-Alpha
filter
Takahashi FSQ F/5 Fluorite Refractor w Robofocus
11 x 10 min self-guided on an AP900QMD mount
Acquired, Flats and Darks subtracted in
CCDSoft5
Alignment, bloom removal and Sigma Reject combine in Maxim
Levels and curves
in PS CS2 - 2 pixel selective HPass filter on the dust lane in the neck
otherwise no sharpening or smoothing
Click on the image to see a slightly less dramatically stretched
version.
Flesherton, Ontario
July 3 2006
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