Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Cocoon Nebula, Rohit Belapurkar
Cocoon Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

Cocoon Nebula

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
Cocoon Nebula, Rohit Belapurkar
Cocoon Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

Cocoon Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) is a reflection & emission nebula around 3300 light years away in constellation Cygnus. A dark nebula, Barnard 168, in seen in the right of the image. The large amount of interstellar dust in these dark nebulas block the light emitted by background stars making them appear dark. I have used Hydrogen Alpha filter to enhance the red channel.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

Cocoon Nebula, Rohit Belapurkar