Posted on Sep 8, 2022
APOD: 2022 September 8 - North America and the Pelican
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the September 8th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): "North America and the Pelican." Both NGC 7000 (North American Nebula, left) and IC 5070 (The Pelican Nebula, right) are found in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan) and lie approximately 1,500 light years from Earth. This composite image was gathered in July 2022 using three different filters: Hα (ionized hydrogen), OIII (ionized oxygen), and RGB. The exposure times (from the photographer's notes) was 300 seconds when using the Hα and OIII filters, and 60 seconds with the RGB filter. The rich red (hydrogen) and blue (oxygen) colors are likely due to the 60+ total exposures stacked to produce the final image.
APOD: 2022 September 8 - North America and the Pelican
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Chris Cheek Berklee Quintet - Pelican Blues (Live at Berklee)
Chris Cheek Berklee Quintet performing "Pelican Blues" live at Berklee College of Music. The group will be touring from May 17-22 at 3S Artspace in Portsmout...
Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the September 8, 2022 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD): North America and the Pelican
Image: North America and the Pelican; Image Credit & Copyright: Frank SackenheimAPOD Background:
Explanation: Fans of our fair planet might recognize the outlines of these cosmic clouds. On the left, bright emission outlined by dark, obscuring dust lanes seems to trace a continental shape, lending the popular name North America Nebula to the emission region cataloged as NGC 7000. To the right, just off the North America Nebula's east coast, is IC 5070, whose avian profile suggests the Pelican Nebula. The two bright nebulae are about 1,500 light-years away, part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula. At that distance, the 3 degree wide field of view would span 80 light-years. This careful cosmic portrait uses narrowband images combined to highlight the bright ionization fronts and the characteristic glow from atomic hydrogen, and oxygen gas. These nebulae can be seen with binoculars from a dark location. Look northeast of bright star Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, soaring high in the northern summer night sky. "
Chris Cheek Berklee Quintet - Pelican Blues (Live at Berklee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQY15ecc7F4
FYI GySgt Jack Wallace Sgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLPO1 Robert George SPC Nancy GreeneSSG Michael Scott SFC George Smith Maj Robert Thornton PO3 Phyllis Maynard SSG Michael Noll Maj Kim Patterson MSgt Robert C Aldi PO2 Marco Monsalve PO1 (Join to see) PO1 Tony HollandSFC Derrick Harris ]1SG Dan Capri SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
Image: North America and the Pelican; Image Credit & Copyright: Frank SackenheimAPOD Background:
Explanation: Fans of our fair planet might recognize the outlines of these cosmic clouds. On the left, bright emission outlined by dark, obscuring dust lanes seems to trace a continental shape, lending the popular name North America Nebula to the emission region cataloged as NGC 7000. To the right, just off the North America Nebula's east coast, is IC 5070, whose avian profile suggests the Pelican Nebula. The two bright nebulae are about 1,500 light-years away, part of the same large and complex star forming region, almost as nearby as the better-known Orion Nebula. At that distance, the 3 degree wide field of view would span 80 light-years. This careful cosmic portrait uses narrowband images combined to highlight the bright ionization fronts and the characteristic glow from atomic hydrogen, and oxygen gas. These nebulae can be seen with binoculars from a dark location. Look northeast of bright star Deneb in Cygnus the Swan, soaring high in the northern summer night sky. "
Chris Cheek Berklee Quintet - Pelican Blues (Live at Berklee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQY15ecc7F4
FYI GySgt Jack Wallace Sgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSLPO1 Robert George SPC Nancy GreeneSSG Michael Scott SFC George Smith Maj Robert Thornton PO3 Phyllis Maynard SSG Michael Noll Maj Kim Patterson MSgt Robert C Aldi PO2 Marco Monsalve PO1 (Join to see) PO1 Tony HollandSFC Derrick Harris ]1SG Dan Capri SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
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Pelican Beach - Pelican Song: Dynaudio Unheard at Smukfest 2019
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FYI SGT Tiffanie G. SGT Jim Arnold SSG Michael Noll SPC Gary C. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGM Major Stroupe Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Amn Dale PreisachSPC (Join to see) COL Randall C. SSgt Kelly D. MSG Greg Kelly MSG Don Burt TSgt Joe C. SGM Bill Frazer SGT Michael Hearn SSG Franklin Briant SFC William Farrell Alan K.2LT (Join to see)
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LTC Stephen F.
Fyi my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price in case you did not see our brother-in-Christ SSG Michael Noll's response
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