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Names IC 5070, Sh2-117, LBN 350/353, BRC 31, Pelican Nebula
Right Ascension (2000.0) 20:51:00.7
Declination +44:24:05
Constellation Cygnus
Redshift (z) ...
Heliocentric Radial Velocity ...
Distance (esteem) 1960 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 11/08/2013 - 03/09/2013
Exposure time 16,500 seconds (11 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO-7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 0.522 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS I/E DSS1 Red
POSS I/O DSS2 Blue
POSS II/F DSS2 Red
POSS II/J DSS2 Blue
POSS II Color
4-meter Mayall telescope narrowband image
KPNO image

There are three Herbig-Haro objects, HH 555, HH 567, HH 587 visible in the image. A colourized version is available here
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