IC 5070, Pelican Nebula


H-alpha (60% opacity) / RGB

  • Exposure time: 240 minutes (12x 1200s) for H-alpha & 285 minutes (19x 900s) for RGB
  • Processing: Nebulosity 2.3 (pre-processing, stacking & DDP); Adobe Photoshop CS4 (post-processing)
  • Lens/telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED (4.2") quadruplet ED refractor at f/5
  • Camera: SBIG ST-8300M (T: -18 degrees Celsius) for H-alpha & QHY8 one-shot colour CCD for RGB
  • Mount: Astro-Physics Mach1 GTO (guide rate: 1x, PEM activated)
  • Guiding: TS OAG + SX Lodestar + PHD for H-alpha & Vixen 70/400 mm + ST-4 for RGB
  • Location: Zoetermeer, The Netherlands for H-alpha & Etoile St. Cyrice, Hautes-Alpes, France for RGB
  • Date: May 18 - 19, 2010 for H-alpha & August 27 - 28, 2009 for RGB

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