Name:The "Cocoon" nebula

Constellation:Cygnus

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and an ASI 2600 MC (Gain 100 -20c).

Exposure time:40 three-minute exposures.

 

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.

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