Jim Burnell's CCD Images - IC5146- The Cocoon Nebula Clicking on the image will display a high-resolution view.

 

Object: IC5146	The Cocoon Nebula - Emission Nebula	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: HX-916	Scope: AP130	Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): L:R:G:B	Exposure: 16x2m:8x2m:8x2m:8x2m	Color channels binned 2x2
IC5146, the Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus. This color image uses a luminance stack of 16 two minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. It was histogram-shaped and combined with subsampled red, green and blue channels, each of which was a stack of 8 two minute exposures. All image processing was performed using AIP4WIN. This image was balanced using the G2V Color option of AIP4WIN. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.

 

Object: IC5146	The Cocoon Nebula - Emission Nebula	Const.: Cygnus
Camera: HX-916	Scope: AP130	Mount: AP1200GTO
Filter(s): IR block	Exposure: 16x2m	blank
IC5146, the Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus. A stack of 16 two minute exposures using a 5" f/6 refractor. The image was calibrated, defect-corrected, stacked and histogram-shaped using AIP4WIN. This image was used as the luminance channel for the color images shown above. This image has been resampled down from its original size of 1300x1030.