IC 5070 -- Pelican Nebula

[konstantinos75]

Hi

This is my first light image with Skyx pro camera addon.
The Pelican Nebula (LRGBHa combination) in Cygnus was captured from Kifisia which is a suburb in the north area of Athens Greece.
Full processing with Pixinsight.

You may download the image here:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dz08d2nk49...lican.png?dl=0


Technical details here:

Optics: Vixen ED81s @ f/5.2
Mount: HEQ5 synscan Pro
Guiding: Skywatcher 9x50 finderscope+DMK21AU04
Camera: SBIG ST2000XM
Filter Wheel: SBIG CFW9
Filters: Baader Ha, Astronomik RGB
CCD Temperature: -5 degrees Celsius
Constellation: Cygnus
Date: 19-20 August, 2015
Location: Kifisia, Greece
Exposure

Red : 60 min (20x3 min)
Green : 60 min (20x3 min)
Blue : 60 min (20x3 min)
Ha: 120 min (8x15 min)
L: synthetic Luminance
Binning: 1x1(R,G,B,Ha,L)

Software
Skyx, Pixinsight


Clear skies!!!

[konstantinos75]

This is a better processed image of the Pelican Nebula.
I found the way in Pixinsight to save images for web without loosing color details.

I hope you enjoy this version

http://www.albireo.gr/astrogallery/n...0/Pelican.html