Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Cocoon Nebula  ·  IC 5146
Cocoon Nebula IC5146, Jason Lichter
Cocoon Nebula IC5146
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Cocoon Nebula IC5146

Revision title: Cocoon Nebula

Cocoon Nebula IC5146, Jason Lichter
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Cocoon Nebula IC5146

Revision title: Cocoon Nebula

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The Cocoon Nebula contains a newly developing cluster of stars. The Cocoon sports a long trail of obscuring interstellar dust clouds to its right. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide, located some 3,300 light years away toward the northern constellation of the Swan (Cygnus). Like other star forming regions, it stands out in red, glowing, hydrogen gas excited by young, hot stars and blue, dust-reflected starlight at the edge of a nearly invisible molecular cloud. In fact, the bright star near the center of this nebula is likely only a few hundred thousand years old, powering the nebular glow as it slowly clears out a cavity in the molecular cloud's star forming dust and gas.

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Cocoon Nebula IC5146, Jason Lichter