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| IC 5146, The Cocoon
Nebula
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| Location and Date | Taken at Lake San Antonio, California 9/26/2008 |
| Telescope | Orion Premium 190mm F/5.3 Maksutov-Newtonian OTA |
| Mount | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
| Camera | Orion StarShoot Pro |
| Exposure | 6 x 300 and 23 x 480 second exposures |
| Guiding | Orion StarShoot AutoGuider and 100mm f/6 refractor |
| Processing / Software | MaxIm DL 4.58 and Adobe Photoshop 7.1 |
| Notes | In this image, north is facing downward, orienting the dark interstellar dust lane to swoop down to the lower left. The rich and colorful star field encompasses the magenta-rich Cocoon nebula. |
