Overview
A hydrogen-rich region of space in which light from young stars is warming the surrounding gas, leading to dense filaments and intricate structures. The Pelican is to the right, looking downwards. The area to the left is part of the much larger North America Nebula.
Background
This image was a summer project. There was a lot of cloud, and each clear night only gave a few hours of decent darkness, but I ploughed on and over the course of six weeks collected just over 30 hours of good quality data. I whittled this down to 26 hours of the best.
Imaging details
| Date | June & July 2021 |
| Location | Bristol, UK (Bortle 8) |
| Telescope | Askar FRA400 f/5.6 Quintuplet APO Astrograph |
| Camera | ZWO ASI 2600MC-PRO |
| Mount | Orion Sirius EQ-G |
| Guide | William Optics 32mm; ZWO ASI 120MM Mini |
| Control | ASIAIR Plus |
| Software | PixInsight, Lightroom |
| Filters | Optolong L-eXtreme (Ha/OIII): 780 x 120 seconds |
| Total exposure time | 26 hours |
| Image credit | Lee Pullen |
Source data
Seestar S50
Seestar S50 image coming later…
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