Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)

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Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)

Telescope: 

AP-130 at F/6 with Field Flattener.  AP 600 GoTo Mount with ST-4
Film & Exposure: Five Elite200 Slide and Three PJ400 30 to 45 min exposures
Location: My Driveway (Huntertown, IN),   Moderate Light Pollution
Date: Sept 13, 1999
Processing:

Eight 30 to 45 min images stacked in Picture Window blend mode

Scanned with SprintScan 35+
Levels and color adjusted in Photoshop
Stacked using Multipoint Feature of Picture Window; 10 points typical used
Enhancement of low level light area by Curves
Unsharp 1.5 Radius/12 Threshold

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