Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  B168  ·  Cocoon Nebula  ·  HD208362  ·  IC 5146  ·  LBN 424  ·  LDN 1055  ·  Sh2-125  ·  VdB147
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60+ hours on IC5146 in HaLRGB, Robert Shepherd
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60+ hours on IC5146 in HaLRGB

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60+ hours on IC5146 in HaLRGB, Robert Shepherd
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60+ hours on IC5146 in HaLRGB

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The famous Cocoon Nebula in Ha + LRGB.
I wanted to get the deep exposure in the lum to capture the faint dust around the actual Nebula.
The large number of Ha subs was necessary to gather the faint gas in the background.
I love this target.

CS
Robert

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60+ hours on IC5146 in HaLRGB, Robert Shepherd