NGC5146: The Cocoon Nebula
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The cocoon nebula incubates at a distance of about 4,000 light years, awainting its transformation as a reflection and emission nebula.
Image details
| Telescope: | Stellina | |
| Length: | 400mm | |
| Aperture: | 80mm | |
| F-stop: | f/5.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2021-07-30 to 2021-07-30 | |
| Lights: | 349 | |
| Exposure: | 10 | |
| Total exposure: | 58 m | |
| Ra: | 21h 53m 25.9s | |
| Dec: | +47° 17' 59.601 | |
| Size: | 62.088 x 39.977 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.615 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.824 arcsec/pixel |
IC5146: The Vast Cocoon
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