Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
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IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula | Wide Field, Pete Mumbower
IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula | Wide Field
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IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula | Wide Field

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IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula | Wide Field, Pete Mumbower
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IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula | Wide Field

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Young stellar nursey sitting in Cygnus at the end of a river of dark nebula. One of my favorite summer objects to image. Pretty cool that during the PI SFS that the star counts for each channel was in the mid-19k range! SO MANY STARS! I really was looking forward to tackle this with the new wide field setup. This first rendition is classic LRGB with the Sharpstar 61EDPHII + reducer / flattner. One I wanted to see and show others that this scope with a mono camera and the right filter set (blue filter with a sharp cutoff) can work great. I think this does show it very well. If not, I have a couple other projects in the works that will seal the deal. For under $1k this is a decent imaging scope if you know its limitations(and can work around them) and know it is not a $$$ Tak/AP/etc...

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IC5146 - The Cocoon Nebula | Wide Field, Pete Mumbower