IC5070 “Pelican Nebula”
May 17, 2020
This Hubble palette image is the composition of 5 frames 1200 sec exposition for each HaSIIOIII channels. The total exposition time is 5hr. The telescope id the FSQ with the ATIK-One CCD.
This is a sum of 24 Ha frames taken on Summer 2016 with the GSO Telescope and the ATIK-One CCD. The total exposition time was 6hr.
The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC 5070 and IC 5067) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The gaseous contortions of this emission nebula bear a resemblance to a pelican, giving rise to its name. The Pelican Nebula is located nearby first magnitude star Deneb, and is divided from its more prominent neighbour, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.
The Pelican is much studied because it has a particularly active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming cold gas to hot and causing an ionization front gradually to advance outward. Particularly dense filaments of cold gas are seen to still remain, and among these are found two jets emitted from the Herbig–Haro object 555 (se picture below). Millions of years from now this nebula might no longer be known as the Pelican, as the balance and placement of stars and gas will leave something that appears completely different.(Wikipedia)
