Object: IC5146 (Caldwell 19)
Type: Nebula
Distance: 3300 light years
Constellation: Cygnus
Date: 28 August 2005
Equipment: SXV-H9, Vixen 114mm f5.3 ED refractor
Equipment: SXV-H9, Vixen 114mm f5.3 ED refractor
Subframes: 24 x 120 second, unguided, no darks or flats.
This object could do with a wider field, if only to capture the extended dark nebula B168, whose eastern lobe IC5146 sits in, and which is only vaguely indicated in these images.
The lower image is a false colour version of the one above, just because I can, really. Click on either to enlarge.
This object could do with a wider field, if only to capture the extended dark nebula B168, whose eastern lobe IC5146 sits in, and which is only vaguely indicated in these images.
The lower image is a false colour version of the one above, just because I can, really. Click on either to enlarge.
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