John.R.Taylor
IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula #EXPLORED
The Cocoon is a collection of emission and reflection nebula which is surrounded by clouds of molecular dust. Located in Cygnus at a distance of around 4000 ly, the bright star at the centre of the nebula illuminating the surrounding clouds of hydrogen is just a few hundred thousand years old.
Total exposure time 18 hours imaged through August 2016 with an Altair Astro 6" RC and Atik 460ex. Captured in SGPro, processed in Pixinsight and CS5.
IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula #EXPLORED
The Cocoon is a collection of emission and reflection nebula which is surrounded by clouds of molecular dust. Located in Cygnus at a distance of around 4000 ly, the bright star at the centre of the nebula illuminating the surrounding clouds of hydrogen is just a few hundred thousand years old.
Total exposure time 18 hours imaged through August 2016 with an Altair Astro 6" RC and Atik 460ex. Captured in SGPro, processed in Pixinsight and CS5.