IC 5146 Cacoon Nebula  

Object Details:

  • Emission Reflection Nebula in Cygnus

  •  RA:          21 hours 53 minutes

  •  Dec:         +47 degrees 16 minutes

  •  Distance: 4000 Light years

  •  Size:         12.0'

  •  Mag:        7.0

Image Details:

  • Instrument:  Orion 8 inch Newt @ f/5 (1016mm) focal length
  • Mount:         Celestron CG5
  • Camera:      Canon 300D Hutech modified 
  • Filters & Exposure Times:  
    • RGB    15 x 4 at ISO 400 
  • Total  exposure time: 1 hours
  • Software: CCDStack, Adobe Photoshop
  • Location: Saratoga California
  • Date: November  2005

 

              

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