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The Cocoon Nebula

IC 5146

IC 5146 HaLRGB

TECHNICAL DATA

ACQUISITION DETAILS

TELESCOPE
OPTICS Planewave CDK17 @ F/6.8
CAMERA Apogee U16M
MOUNT Paramount ME
FILTERS Ha, L, R, G, B
LOCATION Sierra Remote Observatories, California, USA
DATE July 2012
EXPOSURES 24 hours (Ha 16 x 1800s, L 19 x 1200 sec, R 13 x 900 sec, G 12 x 900 sec, B 14 x 900 sec)

PROCESSING SOFTWARE Pixinsight, CCDstack, Photoshop
COPYRIGHTS Martin Pugh & Nicolas Rolland

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TARGET DETAILS

RA 21h 53m 24.6s
DEC +47° 16' 09.3"
SIZE 43.1 x 43.1 arcmin
ORIENTATION Up is -113 degrees E of N
CONSTELLATION Cygnus
DISTANCE 2,500 ly
MAGNITUDE 7.2

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