Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
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IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula
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IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula

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IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula
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IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula

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Description

This is IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula taken from PixelSkies, Spain

IC 5146 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.

Lum33x900Secs

Red8x900Secs

Green14x900Secs

Blue8x900Secs

Ha 19x1200 Secs

20.5 hours in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Tec 140 F7

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -5C

Image Scale: 0.95

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik LRGB, Ha 6nm

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC

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IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)

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