IC 5146, The Cocoon Nebula

 

 

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Technical Details
Telescope: A&M Ritchey-Chretién 10" f/8 + "AstroSib" 10" f/8 Ritchey-Chretién
Mount: Paramount ME
Camera: SBIG ST8E ABG + SBIG CFW8 (standard RGB filter set)
Exposure: L:R:G:B = 600:240:240:360 min
Location: My backyard observatory in Moneglia (GE), Italia
Date: August 2006
Software: Maxim DL 4.5, CCDStack, Photoshop CS3, PixInsight SE 1.0