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The Pelican Nebula - Standard OSC Processing, GiffS
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The Pelican Nebula - Standard OSC Processing

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The Pelican Nebula - Standard OSC Processing

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The Pelican Nebula or IC 5070 is in The North America Nebula. It took me a while to see the Pelican the first time I saw an image of this target but I get it now. There are a bunch of other forms that are visible much like any cloud formation.  It is as they say in the eye of the beholder.  I really like the strands of nebulosity in this subject. I shot this again in less than perfect conditions moon wise. Other than an almost full moon chasing The Pelican across the sky all night the conditions were outstanding in my Bortle 4 -5 backyard. The Seeing was excellent and my guiding was well below 1" arc second almost all night.

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The Pelican Nebula - Standard OSC Processing, GiffS