Object: The Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146 and Caldwell 19
Date: 10/22/09
Location: ASLC dark sky site near Upham, NM
Camera/Telescope: Modified Canon 350XT DSLR on Orion 190mm Mak-Newt reflector @ f/5.3
Mount/Guiding: G11 and DSI/PHD using a TV85 refractor mounted side by side
Exposure:  11x5min @ ISO 800
Processing: Processed in ImagesPlus and Photoshop.
Comments: This beautiful structure is a mixtue of emission and rerflection nebulae in the constellation Cygnus. 

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