Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
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Cocoon nebula, C19, palaback
Cocoon nebula, C19
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Cocoon nebula, C19

Revision title: Reprocess with darker background to better show detail

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Cocoon nebula, C19, palaback
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Cocoon nebula, C19

Revision title: Reprocess with darker background to better show detail

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The cocoon nebula is a popular summer target in the northern hemisphere. It's a star forming region and is rich in ha emissions. This is a target I have been working on a while. It always appeared dim in RGB so I experimented with longer subs and integration times to bring out details over four different nights in summer and fall.  It has been hard to capture the nebulosity around it and get colors right, and has also been a good target to use to learn how to use some new tools in pixinsight, in particular doing continuum subtraction of red from Ha using pixelmath, creating a synthetic luminance layer, and other new tools.

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Title: Reprocess with darker background to better show detail

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