Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
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IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula, Tom Bash
IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula
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IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula

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IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula, Tom Bash
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IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula

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The Cocoon Nebula is a star forming region about 2500 lightyears away consisting of reflection and emission nebula, and some dark nebula thrown in for good measure.  The color data for this image was taken in fairly windy conditions resulting in slightly elongated stars in each filtered image, that when combined with the luminance image resulted in artifacts most noticeable around the brightest stars.  It took a little time in Photoshop to make them presentable, but some artifacts remain around the brightest stars.

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IC 5146, the Cocoon Nebula, Tom Bash

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