I have image the Pelican and North American Nebulas several time and they never disappoint. This is of the pelican in narrowband but with my new QHU268M APS-C monochrome camera. Enjoy and comment. This was processed with my current AI based workflow in Pixinsight leveraging BLurXterminator, NoiseXterminator, and StarXterminator.
The
Pelican Nebula (also known as
IC 5070 and IC 5067) is an
H II region associated with the
North America Nebula in the
constellationCygnus. 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 neighbor, the
North America Nebula, by a foreground
molecular cloud filled with dark
dust. Both are part of the larger H II region of Westerhout 40.
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.=10.5px 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.
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