Cocoon Nebula IC5146, Frio - Austin - Silver City

            The Cocoon from three different nights and locations.  Dark skies (B 3) shot with one shot color on two nights combined with dual narrowband from the third night (B 7).

14 hours of  exposure time, 44 5' UV/IR from The Spring in Leakey, Texas, on the banks of the Frio River on 2024-09-29, 45 5' UV/IR from Silver City, New Mexico, 2023-10-22 and 80 5' dual NB Ha+O3 from Austin to better capture Ha nebulosity

WO RedCat 250/51mm, Baader UV/IR or Optolong L-Ultimate filter, ASI533 MC camera, ASIAIR Plus controller, SW AZ-EQ5 mount. Processed in PixInsight: drizzle stacked then SPCC, Auto DBE, RC-Astro Noise/Blur/StarXTerminator plugins, & SetiAstro statistical and star stretch. Final exp and crop  in Photoshop

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Taken in: United States / Texas / Leakey (show map)

Taken on: September 30, 2024

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Astrophotography

ZWO ASI533 MC

ZWO ASIAIR Plus

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ 5 Pro

OSC+NB-OSC « less

Sets appears in: • Astro Favorites

Groups appears in: • Astrophotography - Astronomy - Astrophysics • Deep Space Astrophotography more » • Amateur Astronomy • BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing Live • Amateur Astro-Photography « less

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