The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)
noirlab_noao-ic5070 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
This image was taken with the KPNO/WIYN 0.9m telescope on May 24, 2002. It shows the “ionization front” in the Pelican nebula, a giant nearby star-formation region. The Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) is located in the constellation of Cygnus, the Swan. Its pillars are being sculpted by the intense ultraviolet radiation from massive stars which have recently formed within the nebula. The image was produced Oxygen [OIII] (blue), Hydrogen-Alpha (green) and Sulphur [SII] (red) narrowband filters. 7x6min in H-alpha, 4x6min in [OIII], 5x6min in [SII]. The image is rotated 135 degrees CW from North is up, East to the left.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic5070/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ic5070
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- IC 5070, Pelican Nebula
- Credits
- T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:10
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic5070/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Sll, Ha, Olll
- Central Wavelength
- 673, 657, 502
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 312.959891, 44.26542773
- Reference Dimension
- 4518.0, 7006.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2563.766953, 5171.275665
- Scale
- -0.000118, 0.000118
- Rotation
- -135.1473102
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-ic5070
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ic5070.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-01-11T09:06:56-07:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.0
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