Wallpaper author:
Michelle Ashford
06 Sept 2021
IC 5070 Pelican Nebula & NGC 7000 N. American Nebula
IC 5070, an interstellar cloud of gas and dust is found just off the "east coast" of the North America Nebula (NGC 7000), 2000 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 5070
14 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 312.75 Dec 44.36667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................20 Jul 2021 - 11 Dec 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 585 | 6h40m | 41 |
| OIII | 585 | 6h40m | 41 |
| SII | 630 | 7h | 40 |