Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon nebula  ·  IC 5146
IC 5146 - Cocoon NEbula, Greg Bradburn
IC 5146 - Cocoon NEbula
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IC 5146 - Cocoon NEbula

IC 5146 - Cocoon NEbula, Greg Bradburn
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IC 5146 - Cocoon NEbula

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Here's an image of IC5146, The Cocoon Nebula that I shot last night at the Raleigh Astronomy Club's "Big Woods" observing location at Jordan Lake. This is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus about 4000 light years from earth.

The quarter moon was up for most of the time I was capturing this so I had to work hard to remove the resulting gradients and light-pollution from the final image.

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IC 5146 - Cocoon NEbula, Greg Bradburn

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