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IC5146 - Cocoon Nebula
21:32 11/8/2008 UTC
< Previous Next >Here's the first image from this fall. Cocoon Nebula is a nebula associated with open cluster IC5146 in constellation Cygnus. It is very photogenically situated into the end of long dark nebula Barnard 168. Cocoon is also known as Sharpless 2-125 and Caldwell 19. In the background glow dense starfields of Milky Way. Distance to the Cocoon is about 4000 ly from here. Conditions during imaging session was fairly good, altough few passing clouds ruined five frames.
NGC/IC Object List:
IC5146 gaseous nebula RA:21h53m24.0 Dec:+47°16m'00" BMag: , OCL 213 Cocoon Nebula
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Camera: Modified Canon EOS 350D (Rebel XT) | Telescope: Skywatcher ED80 Pro 80mm f7.5 refractor, William Optics 0.8x focal reducer | Mount: Vixen GP-D2, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader UHC-S 2", Astronomik EOS L UV/IR Insert Filter | Guiding: The Imaging Source DMK 21AU04.AS CCD camera, Orion ShortTube 80mm f5 refractor, Stark-Labs PHD Guiding | Exposure: 12x300s (1h) ISO800 f6, 30 darks, 17 flats, 0 bias | Software: Stark-Labs Nebulosity 2 | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) |
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Added: 07:12 12/8/2008 UTC
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