Exposures: 30 min Ha, OIII, and SII for a total of 90 minutes (session cut short due to clouds, 96% humidity, and dew).
Also known as the Pelican nebula, IC 5070 is an active mix of star formation and evolving gas clouds. The light from young energetic stars is slowly cooling hydrogen and other gases causing an ionization front to gradually advance outward. This image was framed to emphasize the Pelican shaped clouds of mostly molecular hydrogen and doubly ionized oxygen
Located 1800 light years away
Field of View = 97 x 65 arc minutes
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