Cocoon from Jurong West

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kochu
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Cocoon from Jurong West

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Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus- IC 5146
A Fuzzy Nebula- Not really suited for Narrowband, I think, considering the time spent. May bring out better results with LRGB. 100 minutes of OIII exposure did not register any signals worthwhile.

Taken between Aug 23 and Sept 1 2014.

MOUNT: Losmandy G11/G2
Scope: Sharp Star 107 PH Triplet
Camera: QSI 583WS @ Minus 10 Cel
Exposure: 14 x 10 min thru Astrodon Ha 5 nm +10 exposures each thru OIII and SII 5 nm filters- Total -340 minutes
Guiding: PHD 2 /WO 66mm SD/Meade DSIC
Acquired: Thru Maxim 5DL
Processed: Maxim and PS CS4

Cocoon Nebula: IC 5146
visual magnitude 7.0
angular diameter 12'
distance 3,000 3900 light-years

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Re: Cocoon from Jurong West

Post by rcj »

woah! you managed this! it is relatively low usually and shrouded with clouds. good one! for ten-minute subs, those are quite tight stars you have there. cheers!
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