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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=

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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=

Cocoon Nebula by Andy@astrophotography C5146/B168 (The Cocoon Nebula) A reflection and emission nebula involved and surrounded by dark nebulae Barnard 168 in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan), IC5146 is also designated as an open cluster known as Collinder 470. Other designations for this object are Caldwell 19 and Sharpless 2-125. It is 4000 light years distant from Earth at a magnitude of 12. Only 10 minutes of data. (20) 30 second exposures https://flic.kr/p/2gP9Ukr

IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula ver.2 by Oleg Bryzgalov on Flickr.

Via Flickr: Explanation: Inside the Cocoon Nebula is a newly developing cluster of stars. Cataloged as IC 5146, the beautiful nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide, located some 4,000 light years away toward the northern constellation 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 an otherwise 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 clears out a cavity in the molecular cloud's star forming dust and gas. This exceptionally deep color view of the Cocoon Nebula traces tantalizing features within and surrounding the dusty stellar nursery. (text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090305.html ) This picture was photographed August 4-7, 2013 in Khlepcha observatory, Ukraine. Equipment: home made reflector 10 in., f/3.8 Mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II. LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium. L=36*450 sec. RGB: 21*600 sec. each channel, all unbinned. Total 15 hours. Processed Pixinsight 1.8, Fitstacker and Photoshop CS6

The Cocoon Nebula