Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula, Kyle Butler
IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula
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IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula

IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula, Kyle Butler
IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula
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IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula

Equipment

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Acquisition details

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Description

Exposure Details

120x 120s each of Lum (Atik LOW gain preset, Bin 1x1)

50x 60s each of RBG (Atik LOW gain preset, Bin 2x2)

50x Darks and flats for calibration

6.5 hours total integration time

Processing

Processed each channel individually

Frames calibrated and stacked in PixInsight, drizzle 2x

DBE on each channel

MLT noise reduction on each channel

Combined RBG using ChannelCombination

Stretched L and RGB using HistogramTransformation

BackgroundNeutrilzation and ColorCalibration on RGB image

Add Luminance to RBG

Final minor CurvesTransformation and ColourSaturation

Final touch ups in photoshop

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula, Kyle Butler