Pelican Nebula (IC5070) Observation Details
IC5070 Daily Motion
IC5070 will rise before twilight begins, at 12:12, and will reach 58° elevation by the time twilight commences at 18:38. It will reach its transit at 83° by 21:24 and gradually fade away as the night ends at 03:38, maintaining an elevation of around 23°.IC5070 will be visible until January, 23, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
IC5070 Visibility Timetable on August 30
IC5070 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Moon Rise, 36.6% illuminated | 10:57 | -6° |
| IC5070 rise | 12:12 | |
| Sunset | 17:39 | 48° |
| Civil sunset | 18:07 | 53° |
| Astrosession begin | 19:12 | 64° |
| Moon Set | 20:42 | 80° |
| IC5070 transit | 21:24 | 83° |
| Astrosession end | 03:05 | 28° |
| Civil sunrise | 04:10 | 18° |
| Sunrise | 04:38 | 14° |
| IC5070 set | 06:36 |
Track IC5070 Position Throughout the Night
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Where is IC5070 right now?
IC5070 is located in the constellation Cygnus, at right ascension 20h 51m 00s" and declination 44° 24' 05s. At the current time, it is below the horizon and not visible from your location.IC5070 Image Gallery
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DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for IC5070
| Object name | IC5070 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| IC5070 coordinates | 20.8502, 44.4015 |
| Center coordinates | 20.8502, 44.4015 |
IC5070 Passage Through Night
Current position of IC5070
| Time | 11:27 |
| Latitude | 37.3541 |
| Longitude | -121.955 |
| IC5070 elevation | -4° |
| IC5070 Azimuth | -21° |
Annual motion of IC5070
| Date | Sat, 30 August 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 19:07 |
| Twighlight end | 02:58 |
| Twighlight duration | 8h 51m |
| Rise | 12:08 |
| Set | 06:32 |
| Elevation at transit | 83° |
| Transit time | 21:20 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 20h 51m 00s", Dec: 44° 24' 05s |
| Magnitude | 8 |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the IC5070 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Astrometric & Physical Parameters of IC5070
Coordinates & Visibility
| Right Ascension | 20.8502° |
| Declination | 44.4015° |
| Magnitude | 8.00 |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Elevation | -3.7° |
| Azimuth | -21.4° |
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.