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IC5146 - Cocoon

Camera Canon 20Da
Date 11/11/07
Description The Cocoon nebula lies in the constellation of Cygnus. A small object that really needs a long focal length scope to capture correctly. You can see a small amount of nebulosity around a bright star half way toward the bottom and a bit left of center. Longer exposure would help.
Processing AP 160 mounted on ATS portable pier. Taken from our driveway, this pictures is a combination of 7 shots, 6 minutes each, at ISO 1600. The images were aligned, combined, and digitally processed in Images Plus.