IC 5070, Cygnus (Pelican Nebula) + Molecular Cloud L935, TSAPO65Q

The Pelican Nebula, lying at a distance of 1500-2000 light years, is a part of a large gas and dust region that includes NGC 7000, the N America Nebula. IC 5070 derives its name from a resemblance to a pelican, although it also looks like a rabbit running toward the north. The region is an extensive stellar nursery in which ultraviolet radiation from new, large and very hot stars excites and ionizes surrounding hydrogen clouds, causing them to re-emit the energy mostly in the red Ha light. Cold, dark molecular cloud L935 lies in the foreground between Pelican and N America nebulae, behind bright blue star 57 Cygni, above the pelican's beak.

Parallel lines within the nebulae are caused by ionised gas aligning along Galactic magnetic fields.

-TSAPO65Q astrograph, 65x420mm
- Astromodified Canon T3i camera, Astronomik CLS-CCD filter, Astronomik 12nm Ha filter
-iEQ30pro mount, Orion 60mm F4 SSAG pro.

-7 x 360 sec CLS-CCD subs, iso 1600
-4 x 360 sec Ha subs, iso 3200
-processed with 40 dark and 40 bias frames
-Software: PHD2, DSS, XnView, StarNet++, and Star Tools v 1.3 and 1.7.