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IC5146, Stephen Duffy

IC5146

IC5146, Stephen Duffy

IC5146

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Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide, located some 4,000 light years away toward the northern constellation Cygnus. Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, hydrogen gas excited by young, hot stars and blue, dust-reflected starlight at the edge of an otherwise invisible molecular cloud. In fact, the bright star near the center of this nebula is likely only a few hundred thousand years old, powering the nebular glow as it clears out a cavity in the molecular cloud's star forming dust and gas. Text from Astronomy Picture of the Day
Scope: TEC140 Camera: QSI 683 Mount: Paramount MYT
L:R:G:B:Ha 9:3:3:3:3 hours
Taken from Black Butte Lake California

Reprocessed December 2022

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IC5146, Stephen Duffy