Imaging telescopes or lenses: Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts: Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Celestron OAG Deluxe
Guiding cameras: QHYCCD QHY5III174
Focal reducers: Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Seqence Generator Pro
Filters: Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm · Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm · Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory: ZWO EFW · MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30
Dates:Sept. 5, 2019 , Sept. 6, 2019 , Sept. 7, 2019 , Sept. 23, 2019 , Sept. 26, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 80x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 80x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 20x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 280x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 80x180" (gain: 75.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 29.3 hours
Avg. Moon age: 14.73 days
Avg. Moon phase: 40.69%
Astrometry.net job: 2947619
RA center: 21h 53' 28"
DEC center: +47° 16' 1"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 270.069 degrees
Field radius: 0.408 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1760
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
Close to 30 hours of integration time, under one of the best skies in Europe!
IC 5146 (the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. The cluster is about 4,000 ly away, and the central star that lights it formed about 100,000 years ago; the nebula is about 12 arcmins across, which is equivalent to a span of 15 light years.
(description credits: Wikipedia)
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