IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula, C6 and Evostar 80ED Combined Data (Bob Rucker)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: B168 · Cocoon Nebula · HD208362 · IC 5146 · LBN 424 · LDN 1055 · Sh2-125 · VdB147

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IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula, C6 and Evostar 80ED Combined Data

Revision title: IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula, C6 and Evostar 80ED Combined Data - revised to enhance dust

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IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula, C6 and Evostar 80ED Combined Data

Revision title: IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula, C6 and Evostar 80ED Combined Data - revised to enhance dust

I caught a short break with the unrelenting monsoon clouds and managed an imaging session on August 4th. I decided to image the Cocoon Nebula with my Evostar 80ED and experiment with my processing to see what would result if I combined it with my C6 data. The goal being improvement with the star appearance since my C6 stars are always bloated oblongs.

I still have a long way to go with my processing skills but this project kept me entertained while trying to learn some new techniques. I know it needs some more refinement but it was a worthwhile learning experience. All Bin 2 data was captured with my C6 and the Bin 1 data was with the Evostar 80ED.

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Description: Revised channel weightings to provide more emphasis on the C6 nebulosity so that Vdb 147 was more prominent.

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Title: IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula, C6 and Evostar 80ED Combined Data - revised to enhance dust

Description: After seeing the IOTD by @olaskarpen, I decided to reprocess my data to see whether I would be able to enhance the dust and dark nebulosity. I won't be earning awards anytime soon but I did learn a view things that did allow me to push those aspects of this target a bit more.

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Astrometry.net job	6135244
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	21h53m24s.586
RA (top/left)	21h50m56s.322
RA (top/right)	21h52m28s.700
RA (bottom/right)	21h55m50s.745
RA (bottom/left)	21h54m21s.753

Dec (center)	+47°16′27″.69
Dec (top/left)	+47°39′27″.20
Dec (top/right)	+46°43′48″.86
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°53′16″.25
Dec (bottom/left)	+47°49′04″.80

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Revision title: IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula, C6 and Evostar 80ED Combined Data - revised to enhance dust

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