IC 5146- The Coccon Nebula

IC 5146 is an emission and reflection nebula followed by a stream of interstellar dust clouds.
IC 5146 is located in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan) and lies at 3,262 light-years from Earth.
The emission portion of the nebula is about 15 light-years across.

Image acquisition and processing information:

Date: October 29th, 2022
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v4 lens (at F1.9)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-1200 GTO CP3
Camera: ZWO ASI-6200 MM Pro monochrome camera (binned 2x2)
Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: ASI-183MM monochrome camera
Exposures: 271 3o-second luminance exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Telescope: Celestron C11 telescope using a Hyperstar v3 lens (at F2)
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera
Guiding: Telescope: Orion 60mm with helical focuser, Camera: ASI-294 MC one-shot-color camera
Exposures: 214 6o-second exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus
Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.9.1

Image acquisition and processing information:

Date: July 11th, 2015
Telescope: Celestron C11 telescope using a Hyperstar v3 lens
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: QHY 9 M Mono CCD camera equipped with a 2" five position filter wheel
Image acquisition software: Maxim DL
Exposures: 8 one-minute exposures each binned 2x2 using red, green and blue filters
Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius Pro 814 CCD, Software: Maxim DL
Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.4