Name: IC5146
    Other names: Cocoon Nebula
    Description: Diffuse Nebula
    Ascension: 21h 53m 24.0s
    Declanation: +47° 16' 00"
    Apparent diameter: 12 (arc min)
    Constellation: Cygnus
    Magnitude: 7.2
    Distance: 5500 light years
    Equipment: Meade ETX90+Modified toucam f-0.3
    Date / Time UTC: 3 september 2004 23:30
    Stacked : 112 of 329
    Exposure time: 30 s
    Location:

    The Hague, The Netherlands

    Other info:

    Difficult faint nebula. Little too faint for the ETX90 with webcam.

     

     

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