IC5070 Pelican Nebula
The IC5070 Pelican Nebula is an HII region with active star-forming gas clouds. It is 1800 light-years from Earth, and stretches about 30 light-years wide. To the left is the east coast of the North America Nebula, NGC7000. The large cluster of stars in NGC7000 is NGC6997. North is at the top.

Scope/Mount: Orion ED80 Doublet Refractor with AstroTech AT2FF Field Flattener, Celestron CI-700 Mount
Camera: Orion StarShoot Pro V2 one-shot color
Guiding: QHY5L-IIM through Orion Deluxe OAG, PHD guiding software
Exposure: (18) 10 min
Software: Nebulosity, PhotoShop CS2
Comment: 09-18-2017, Tierra del Sol, CA, total exposure time limited by dew.