Cocoon Nebula (Alex Ranous)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg) · Contains: B168 · Cocoon Nebula · HD206963 · HD207031 · HD207350 · HD207529 · HD207608 · HD208362 · HD208394 · IC 5146 · LBN 424 · LDN 1030 · LDN 1031 · LDN 1035 · LDN 1040 · LDN 1042 · LDN 1045 · LDN 1047 · LDN 1052 · LDN 1055 · PGC 167564 · PGC 167581 · PGC 167582 · PGC 167590 · PGC 167593 · PGC 167597 · PGC 167611 · PGC 167613 · PGC 167615 · PGC 67265 · And 2 more.

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I imaged the Cocoon last year as the first target after getting my QHY268, but I hadn't received my Precise Parts adapter to let me use my field flattener, so my corner stars sucked. I wanted to rectify that this year. I decided to go with the focal reducer this time and show more of the star field and the dark nebula "trail". At first I wasn't too happy with the results. The dark stuff was standing out and kinda muddy. I then saw Andy Ermolli's APOD of the target, and I realized that adding some Ha as the background will really help make the dust pop out more. I'm still not completely happy with it, but imaging from bortle 6 kinda makes these dark dusty subjects hard. I'm sure if I threw another half dozen hours at it I could improve it, I'm kinda burned out.

A buddy of mine recently moved not far from Sierra Remote Observatories. I need to get some sort of portable tripod/pier that can support the 1100 mount, and I can spend a week or so visiting and getting some time on these dusty targets.

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Astrometry.net job	6509262
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	21h49m24s.23
RA (top/left)	21h54m47s.60
RA (top/right)	21h41m50s.32
RA (bottom/right)	21h44m13s.27
RA (bottom/left)	21h56m51s.80

Dec (center)	+47°26′46″.0
Dec (top/left)	+48°26′30″.4
Dec (top/right)	+47°52′15″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°26′04″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°59′33″.10

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