Saturday, August 27, 2011

Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)


This image of the Pelican Nebula is a stack of 67 4-minute exposures taken over two nights in Abbotsford.  The nebula is a large emission nebula which resembles a pelican in shape.  It is located in Cygnus and is 2,000 light years away.

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