Nov 3, 2025
Taken last night with a SeeStar S50, I love how dreamy it turned out.
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Taken last night with a SeeStar S50, I love how dreamy it turned out.
Wish I was out there
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The Cocoon Nebula
IC-5146 has the colloquial name “The Cocoon Nebula” because of the round and fuzzy shape. It is situated nearby in our Milky Way galaxy, at a distance of only 4,000 light years. As suggested by its proximity and tight round appearance, it is only 15 light years in diameter.
This is a very active stellar nursery, and surveys by space telescopes have identified hundreds of hot young stars within the nebula.
It is a beautiful target for amateur astrophotographers, as the apparent size is convenient for most backyard telescopes and the rich red colour is certainly rewarding. It is the goal of astrophotographers to render the streaks and ripples at the centre, as well as the faint pale cloud surrounding it. Because of the distinctive location, shape and colour, it is sometimes called “The Ruby Jewel of Cygnus”.
I photographed the Cocoon Nebula from my garden in Strasbourg France on a single night in July 2024. This is an ensemble of 70 photos, where each was a 3 minute exposure (3.5 hours of photography).
More about the Cocoon Nebula:
IC 5146 - Wikipedia
Cocoon Nebula - IC 5146 Located in Cygnus, the IC 5146 is a reflection and emission nebula. I finally decided to put everything together on the Celestron EdgeHD 8 for deep space and do some testing to make sure my guiding worked and that I could reach focus. Guiding was the easy part, focus was the pain. I finally got it and on the first night I captured m27 amd NGC 869, those I will post soon. On night two, I decided to shoot the Cocoon on both my Edge as well as my Meade 80mm Triplet. This here is from the Edge, and though I had some focus drift in the middle of my imaging (can't seem to get the auto focus to do its thing when using my Canon), I am happy with the result, especially considering I did not use any filters. . Full resolution and details at Astrobin, link in Bio or here: https://www.astrobin.com/k22kkd/B/ . 274 x 60s 400 ISO Dark, flat, bias and dark flats used for calibration Providence, RI - Bortle 8 . @celestronuniverse Edge HD 8 Celestron 0.7 Reducer @canonusa EOS Ra Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro Svbony 60mm Guide Scope (guide) ZWO asi290mm-mini (guide) Pegasus Powerbox Advanced . Captured using Astro Photography Tool, stacked in DeepSkyStacker, Pixinisight used for crop, color calibration, background extraction, star removal and Canon banding removal. Processing finished in Photoshop . @provjournal . . #astrophotography #astrophoto #phototography #astronomy #highpointscientific #OPTeam #myOPTgear #agenaastro #astromaniacmag #astrobackyard #backyardastronomy #cocoonnebula #Cygnus #ic5146 #darknebula #igworldclub_astrophotography #ig_spaceimage #ig_astrophotography #celestron #edgehd8 #canonphotography #ShotOnCanon #space #milkway #nebula #rhodeisland #canoneosra #apod #photo #nightphotography (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cim8KwIuPJ6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
The Cocoon Nebula is a nearby star-forming region of our galaxy. The beautiful poppy-colour suggests strong hydrogen emissions, as you expect for a stellar nursery. On a galactic scale, it is close by: 3,000 light years. Another example of a beautiful interstellar object nearby in our galactic neighborhood. I photographed the Cocoon Nebula from my garden in Strasbourg France on two nights in July 2022, 80 x 180 seconds each. Processed in PixInsight. #cocoonnebula #ic5146 #icobjects #milkyway #voielactée #astrophoyography #astrophotographie #astrophotographiefrance (at Strasbourg, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgUtkG-sWXw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=