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

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IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula

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Glowing emission nebula surrounding bright young stars, the Cocoon Nebula is 15 light-years wide, and located approximately 4,000 light years away.  The Cocoon Nebula is embedded at the tail end of a streak of interstellar dust that obscures the dense star field that lays beyond it.

This was difficult to process. I underestimated the challenge of dark nebula, plus dense star field, plus emission nebula with an unmodified DSLR camera.

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IC5146 The Cocoon Nebula, Astro Jim