NGC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus

The Cocoon Nebula is glowing interstellar gas (a HII region), a fairly bright (7.2 mg), and large (9') .

(IC 5146 refers to the nebula, NGC 5146 refers to the embedded cluster.)

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Images taken: Oct. 16 - Nov. 2, 2023

Students: Riley Michelson, Lucy Elfert

Telescope: CDK 17 in; Camera: SBIG ST-10 CCD

Size of the images: 20'x30'.

Exposures: 1 hour each red, green, blue, H-alpha; 30 min SII

Image processing: CCDoops, CCDsoft, Photoshop CS.

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Images taken: Nov. 1, 2005

Students: Kline Gilbert and Jason Miller

Telescope: Meade 12 in with focal reducer (f=67in) and AO7 adaptive optics accessory.

Size of the images: 15'x9'

Camera: SBIG ST-7 CCD

Exposures: 20 min red, 20 min green, 2x20 min blue, 3x20 min clear.

Image processing: CCDoops, CCDsoft, Photoshop CS.

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