IC 5067-5070 "The Pelican Nebula" - In Cygnus



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Imaging Details:
Imaging Date:   June 6th, 2005
Imaging Site:   ARGO, Oregon - USA
Seeing Conditions:   Excellent
Telescope:   Takahashi TOA-130F with Field Flattener @ F7.68 (999mm)
Imaging Camera:   STL-11000M with AstroDon Filters
Exposure:   RGB - 4x600s, 4x600s, 4x600sec (Binned 1x1)
Mount & Guiding:   AP-1200GTO, Guiding with SBIG STV
Processing Notes:   MaxIm DL/CCD - RGB dark subtracted, sum combined, and gamma stretched.
Photoshop - Curves on RGB channels. Retouching of stars to eliminate filter reflections and slight unsharp mask sharpening.


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