IC 5146 - The Cocoon Nebula in HαRGB

            The Cocoon Nebula is an emission nebula in the constllation Cygnus, about 4000 light-years away. Hidden away inside this 15 light-year wide stellar nursery, hundreds of stars are either already born or in the process of forming. The dark molecular cloud surrounding the nebula and trailing behind it also contains hundreds of embryonic stars, slowly accreting enough matter from their surrounding medium to gain enough mass to ignite the nuclear fusion in their cores. 

-=Tech Data=-

-Equipment-

Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 100
Mount: Celestron CGX
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro
Filters: Baader UV/IR cut for RGB, STC Duo-Narrowband for Hα
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini
Guide Scope: Starfield 60mm guide scope
Dew Control: Kendrick
Power: Pegasus Astro Pocket Power Box

- Acquisition -

RGB 23 x 5 Min
Hα 53 x 5 Min

Hα data accquired by extracting the Hα component from my Duo-Narrowband filter with Astro Pilex Processor


- Software -

Acquisition / Rig Control: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor
Processing: PixInsight
Post Processing: Photoshop CC
 

Shot at the Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife Area near Moscow, Ontario.
   

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Stone Mills / Moscow (show map)

Taken on: November 3, 2022

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