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Where’s the Pelican?

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Penguin Nebula

I gathered these photons using a newly available telescope located near South Alpen, France. If you’re curious, it’s the center telescope picture here. For my first test of using this large telescope, I exposed “luminance” images of the Pelican Nebula (no color for now). From Wikipedia,

The Pelican Nebula (also known as IC5070 and IC5067) is an H II region associated with the North America Nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The nebula resembles a pelican in shape, hence the name. The Pelican Nebula is a large area of emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan), close to Deneb, and divided from its brighter, larger neighbor, the North America Nebula, by a molecular cloud filled with dark dust.

Can you see a Pelican in this image? Click on the image to enlarge it, if you think that will help, but don’t feel bad if you can’t see it. When I add color and rotate the image so the Pelican is right side up, you will see it.

Dave, back in the remote imaging business.

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 7:34 pm 
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6 Responses to “Where’s the Pelican?”
  1. Tom says:
    October 25, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    I see it, I see it….somewhere! :-) Actually it sorta looks more like my gallbladder they took out.

  2. leslie says:
    October 25, 2011 at 9:37 pm

    I don’t see a pelican, but I see a scorpion. Or is that a centipede? Nice photo. Hmmmmm. Now it looks like a stingray.

  3. Larry Ayers says:
    October 26, 2011 at 7:21 am

    I can see all sorts of things in that image but none of them are of the avian tribe. Oh, there’s Tom’s gallbladder! So that’s what that organ looks like.

  4. Dave says:
    October 26, 2011 at 9:22 am

    I can see that you all are terribly impressed with the image. Gallbladder, forsooth!

    Here are some clues: Mr. Pelican is on the ground, not flying, and you have to cock you head to the right to see him/her. And he/she takes up almost the entire nebula. Or, if you need a crutch, look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PelicanHunterWilson09.jpg.

  5. tom says:
    October 27, 2011 at 9:54 am

    That’s one scrawney (sp?) pelican!!! LOL

  6. Leslie says:
    December 11, 2011 at 8:31 am

    I cocked my head tom the right and now I see an owl on flight. Sigh….

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