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Cocooned in Dust - IC 5146  -  (CDK14), Rouz Astro
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Cocooned in Dust - IC 5146 - (CDK14)

Cocooned in Dust - IC 5146  -  (CDK14), Rouz Astro
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Cocooned in Dust - IC 5146 - (CDK14)

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Description

The Cocoon Nebula - IC 5145
A Stellar nursery where young stars are being formed some 4000 lightyears from Earth. The relatively bright nebula is about 15 year years across. 
The dark molecular lane forms a tail perpendicular to which a hydrogen-alpha rich cloud is highlighted by red here. 

The Telescope:
The faster optical setup of the CDK14 at f/4.7 was useful to increase the FOV and increase the image brightness that helped capture the faint background signal.
The imaging train have been setup with my custom design to accommodate an OAG with the reducer.

Below is the Hydrogen-alpha data:
Ha.jpg


Starless version showing the background dust and gas:
Cocoon Rouz Starless CN.jpg

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Cocooned in Dust - IC 5146  -  (CDK14), Rouz Astro