IC 5146 | Cocoon Nebula
Details
IC 5146, also known as Cocoon Nebula , is a astronomical nebula with an embedded open star cluster in the constellation Swan. The star cluster is designated Collinder 470.
The nebula has an apparent extent of about 10 arc minutes and is about 3000 light years away from Earth. Its physical extent is thus about 10 light years.
Recording
Camera
Sony a7s astromodified
Lens/Telescope
APM 152/1200 LZOS Refractor
Tripod/Mount
Homemade fork mount
Filter
No filtering on this shot
Exposure
161 x 120 seconds (5.3h)
Editing
Stacked and calibrated with flats, darks and bias in Astropixelprocessor
Edited with Pixinsight and Photoshop