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IC 5070

IC 5070 — Pelican Nebula

Emission Nebula
· Cygnus
Intermediate
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Target information

Object type
Emission Nebula
Constellation
Cygnus
Right ascension
20h 55m 00s
Declination
+44° 22′ 00″
Magnitude
8
Angular size
80′ × 70′
Surface brightness
14 mag/arcmin²
Difficulty
Intermediate
Best months
August, September, October
Catalog IDs
IC 5070;IC 5067

About this target

Adjacent to NGC 7000; framed together at short FL.

Recommended telescopes

Askar
500mm f/5.6 · 90mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
Takahashi
500mm f/2.8 · 180mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
Borg
500mm f/5.6 · 90mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
Askar
500mm f/5.8 · 85mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV
Sky-Watcher
499mm f/6.1 · 82mm aperture
Frames 49% of APS-C FOV
SharpStar
518mm f/5.5 · 94mm aperture
Frames 51% of APS-C FOV

Recommended cameras

QHYCCD
3.76µm pixels · cooled
Player One
4.63µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
5.94µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ToupTek
2.90µm pixels · cooled

Example framing

FOV 4.13° × 2.75°
Scale 2.45″/px
Target fills 48% of frame
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FOV 4.13° × 2.75°
Scale 2.45″/px
Target fills 48% of frame
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FOV 2.19° × 1.49°
Scale 1.91″/px
Target fills 89% of frame
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