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Telescope: Stellarvue SV80-25 80mm Triplet & SV Focal Reducer Designation: IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a bright and dark nebula. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470. It shines at magnitude +10.0 It is located near the naked-eye star Pi Cygni, the open cluster NGC 7209 in Lacerta, and the bright open cluster M39. The cluster is about 4,000 ly away, and the central star that lights it formed about 100,000 years ago; the nebula is about 12 arcmins across, which is equivalent to a span of 15 light years. When viewing IC 5146, dark nebula Barnard 168 (B168) is an inseparable part of the experience, forming a dark lane that surrounds the cluster and projects westward forming the appearance of a trail behind the Cocoon. (WIKI)
Mount: Ioptron IEQ30 Pro Constellation: Cygnus.
Camera: ZWO ASI294 Pro OSC with Orion Skyglow filter Imaged With ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Guiding:ZWO 120 Mini Guider Type: Emission Nebula and Dust Lane.
Exposure Data: 80 - 5 minute sub exposures with the Orion Skyglow Filter. Position: R.A. 21h 48m 12s , Dec +47° 39' 05"
Processed using PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing Date: September 2021
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz Imaging Location: Roadrunner Observatory, backyard, Palm Desert CA