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Cocoon Nebula

Camera: QHY8L (Sony ICX413AQ sensor with 7.8um x 7.8um pixels, 3110x2830 pixels) cooled to TEC -10oC.
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This image of IC5146 was captured using the coma corrected 500mm Newtonian at COAA by myself and Dr. Bev Ewan-Smith. All calibration and processing was carried out using PixInsight.
We actually captured the image over the nights of 15th and 16th of August. 104-minutes of total exposure (43 frames) were selected for the final integration into the image.
IC5146 appeared invisible in the eye-piece. The camera however, reveals the mixture of emission nebula, reflection nebula and dark nebula in this beautiful stellar nursery.