IC5146 - Cocoon Nebula



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IC5146 is a reflection/emission cloud in Cygnus, 3300 ly far from Earth.
It consists of a young stars cluster surrounded by bright and dark nebulae. The dark area around IC5146 and the dust lane forming a tail on the right is another object of Barnard's catalog called B168.


Optic SW ED80 + 0,85 Reducer/Flattener
Camera EOS 600D Baader
Mount NEQ6 with EQASCOM
Guide
SW 70/500 with AlCCD5
Frame center
RA 21:53:35 DEC 47:18:49 J2000
Date
7th June and 5th July 2013
Site
Pian dell Armà, Italian Alps
Exposures 6x300s + 24x480s ISO800 - 7 dark, 12 flat, 12 bias

Integration time - 3h 42m

IC5146

IC5146

IC5146

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