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Old 27-June-2009, 08:45 PM
Caglow Caglow is offline
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Narrowband images are always very impressive and this is no exception!

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Originally Posted by Christopher Ferro View Post
I am curious. Why does the Pelican Nebula have 2 IC numbers (5070 and 5067)?

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I'm going to guess that like M42 and M43, it looked like 2 separate nebulae in the telescope when it was observed. Another guess would be that one is a star cluster in the nebula like the Rosette Nebula which has like 4 designations.

Last edited by Caglow; 27-June-2009 at 08:47 PM.. Reason: added comment
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