Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146

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    The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB, 



    
        

            Fernando Qi Yang
    The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB
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    The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB

    Image of the day 09/16/2023

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      The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB, 



    
        

            Fernando Qi Yang
      The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB
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      The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB

      Acquisition details

      Dates:
      Aug. 23, 2023 ·  Aug. 24, 2023
      Frames:
      120×600(20h)
      Integration:
      20h
      Avg. Moon age:
      6.99 days
      Avg. Moon phase:
      45.87%

      Basic astrometry details

      Astrometry.net job: 8403849

      RA center: 21h53m17s.10

      DEC center: +47°1554

      Pixel scale: 0.225 arcsec/pixel

      Orientation: 90.356 degrees

      Field radius: 0.228 degrees

      Resolution: 4408x5811

      File size: 16.0 MB

      Data source: Amateur hosting facility

      Remote source: Remote Skygems

      Description

      IC 5146 The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB

      Data collected with the CDK500 in Spain of the Skygems Observatory. One of the highest quality raw data sets a I've processed.

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      The Cocoon Nebula in LRGB, 



    
        

            Fernando Qi Yang