Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  B168  ·  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146  ·  Sh2-125  ·  VdB147
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IC5146

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IC5146

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IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a bright and dark nebula. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470 and is about 4,000 ly away.

V1577 cyg is a variable star.

VdB catalogue: this catalog was originally published in 1966 by Sidney van den Bergh and contains 159 reflection nebulae.

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IC5146, Massimo Ermanni