Night The Pelican

The Pelican · **7 Likes**

Well, it finally cleared for a couple of nights here in Colorado. It's been so cloudy that I haven't been able to do any astrophotography in over a month! The couple clear nights gave way to smoke filled skies as a few decently sized wild fires are now burning in the area. Just my luck

Anyway, I was able to capture around 4 hours of data on the Pelican Nebula. The image looks nice and detailed, with nice reds and oranges on my calibrated monitor, but on my laptop, it looks a little too subdued and not as contrasty. When every I edit, I don't know what monitor I should use as most people don't have calibrated monitors, but it is hard not to use that great large display for photo work.

The Pelican Nebula is a large emission nebula, a stellar nursery. This star forming region also has a few Herbig-Haro structures. One of them is visible on the tip of the gas and dust column. Herbig-Haro structures are formed from ionized gas jets that are ejected from newly forming stars.

The Pelican Nebula is located 1800 light years from Earth.

This image is made from:

66, 90 second H-Alpha photos
66, 90 second OIII photos
42, 90 second SII photos.

Shot with my RASA 11 and ZWO ASI183MM Pro.

GQPhdFBI · 08-14-2020, 12:00 AM

The space is amazing and you just prove it.

**PJ1** · 08-14-2020, 12:05 AM

Another great shot. You invariably make me head into Google to find out a bit more about the image. In this case it was to identify the Herbig-Haro structure There are a few of them there. It adds interest to the image when I know what is going on. Thanks for educating me.

pqberger · 08-14-2020, 02:20 AM

Wow. A gorgeous image, well done.

Kiparisas · 08-14-2020, 03:37 AM

Wow, gorgeous and out of this world!

**dneira29** · 07-12-2021, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by Colorado CJ

Well, it finally cleared for a couple of nights here in Colorado. It's been so cloudy that I haven't been able to do any astrophotography in over a month! The couple clear nights gave way to smoke filled skies as a few decently sized wild fires are now burning in the area. Just my luck

Anyway, I was able to capture around 4 hours of data on the Pelican Nebula. The image looks nice and detailed, with nice reds and oranges on my calibrated monitor, but on my laptop, it looks a little too subdued and not as contrasty. When every I edit, I don't know what monitor I should use as most people don't have calibrated monitors, but it is hard not to use that great large display for photo work.

The Pelican Nebula is a large emission nebula, a stellar nursery. This star forming region also has a few Herbig-Haro structures. One of them is visible on the tip of the gas and dust column. Herbig-Haro structures are formed from ionized gas jets that are ejected from newly forming stars.

The Pelican Nebula is located 1800 light years from Earth.

This image is made from:

66, 90 second H-Alpha photos
66, 90 second OIII photos
42, 90 second SII photos.

Shot with my RASA 11 and ZWO ASI183MM Pro.

beautiful shot almost looks like a painting

**MikeNArk** · 07-12-2021, 01:23 PM

Wonderful work. Takes time to create this type of image. I'm impressed.

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GQPhdFBI Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Chalkis Posts: 55	The space is amazing and you just prove it.

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PJ1 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Toowoomba, Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,486	Another great shot. You invariably make me head into Google to find out a bit more about the image. In this case it was to identify the Herbig-Haro structure There are a few of them there. It adds interest to the image when I know what is going on. Thanks for educating me.

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pqberger Site Supporter Join Date: May 2014 Location: Brisbane Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 134	Wow. A gorgeous image, well done.

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dneira29 Site Supporter Join Date: Oct 2020 Posts: 535	Originally posted by Colorado CJ Well, it finally cleared for a couple of nights here in Colorado. It's been so cloudy that I haven't been able to do any astrophotography in over a month! The couple clear nights gave way to smoke filled skies as a few decently sized wild fires are now burning in the area. Just my luck Anyway, I was able to capture around 4 hours of data on the Pelican Nebula. The image looks nice and detailed, with nice reds and oranges on my calibrated monitor, but on my laptop, it looks a little too subdued and not as contrasty. When every I edit, I don't know what monitor I should use as most people don't have calibrated monitors, but it is hard not to use that great large display for photo work. The Pelican Nebula is a large emission nebula, a stellar nursery. This star forming region also has a few Herbig-Haro structures. One of them is visible on the tip of the gas and dust column. Herbig-Haro structures are formed from ionized gas jets that are ejected from newly forming stars. The Pelican Nebula is located 1800 light years from Earth. This image is made from: 66, 90 second H-Alpha photos 66, 90 second OIII photos 42, 90 second SII photos. Shot with my RASA 11 and ZWO ASI183MM Pro. beautiful shot almost looks like a painting

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MikeNArk Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: Conway, Arkansas Posts: 15,224	Wonderful work. Takes time to create this type of image. I'm impressed.