Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Pelican Nebula



This image was taken on July 6th & 8th 2013 from my back deck in Abbotsford. The image consists of 18 10-minute subs registered and combined in CCDStack and finished in Photoshop CS5.

The Pelican Nebula is in Cygnus about 2,000 light years away. Dark dust clouds help define the Pelican' eye and long bill, while a bright front of ionized hydrogen gas suggests the curved head and neck.

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