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IC 5146

Cocoon Nebula

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Technical details:

Location / Date: Outside of Kopparberg, Västmanland, Sweden / 2016-September

Optics: Orion Optics UK AG12

Mount: 10 Micron GM1000 HPS (Unguided)

Camera: Canon EOS 100D (Modded with Baader ACF filter)

Exposure: 30 x 240 seconds all shot on ISO 3200 (cumulative exposure time is 2 hours)

Processing: Pixinsight and Photoshop

 

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IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470. It is located near the naked-eye star Pi Cygni, the open cluster NGC 7209 in Lacerta, and the bright open cluster M39.
The cluster is about 4,000 light year 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.
(Information from Wikipedia)

 
 

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