A Piece of the Pelican

I imaged a piece of the Pelican with my E160 f/3.3 astrograph and
MX716 camera. The nebula subtends 60 x 50 arc minutes and my FOV was
only 42 x 31 arc minutes.

I deftly steered the scope so as to exclude a pair of really bright
stars – magnitudes 4.8 and 5.1. Bright stars always give me trouble by
becoming really bloated. LRGB image with 120 minutes total, in
5-minute unguided segments. AP1200 GTO unguided, True Technology Micro
Filter holder and filters.

Image at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm

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Clear skies,

Dennis Persyk
Igloo Observatory Home Page http://dpersyk.home.att.net
Hampshire, IL