IC 5146

Name:The "Cocoon" nebula

Constellation:Cygnus

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300.

Exposure time:16 five minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

			AP#95 : IC 5146
			Name:The "Cocoon" nebula Constellation:Cygnus Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300. Exposure time:16 five minute exposures at ISO 800. Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html


	Magnitude: 7.2 Apparent size: 12' This reflection/emission nebula associated with a very small, and loose, open cluster. It is nestled into the end of a dark lane identified as B168. Go to AP#96 NGC 7293 Return to AP100 main page.