Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula, Mauro Sturaro
IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula

IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula, Mauro Sturaro
IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Cocoon Nebula is a reflection and emission nebula in the Cygnus region.
It contains an open cluster of stars and is also connected to the Barnad 168 dark nebula, much of which is not visible in this image, but only in photos with a wider field.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula, Mauro Sturaro

In these public groups

Deep Sky Northern Hemisphere