Cocoon Nebula
Cocoon Nebula
An image of the Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146 in Cygnus.
About 20 hours exposure on those clear nights we had a couple weeks ago.
Click for higher resolution version and acquisition details.
Thanks for looking!
Andy
Re: Cocoon Nebula
Absolutely stunning!
"The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens." - Anaxagoras
Re: Cocoon Nebula
Wow Factor 10!!!! You the man Andy! What a spectacular capture.
Look at all those suns? Imagine all the exoplanets? You would have to be insane to think
that no life form exists there.
Ron
Look at all those suns? Imagine all the exoplanets? You would have to be insane to think
that no life form exists there.
Ron
ES AR152mm (988mm f6.5) achromatic doublet
TV 85mm (600mm f7) APO doublet
TV 60mm (360mm f6) APO doublet
TV Starbeam
TV 5X & 2.5X Powermates
TV DeLite set
Canon 60Da
Rokinon 10mm f2.8, 14mm f2.8
24mm f1.4, 50mm f1.4, 135mm f2.0
Samyang 85mm f1.4
TV 85mm (600mm f7) APO doublet
TV 60mm (360mm f6) APO doublet
TV Starbeam
TV 5X & 2.5X Powermates
TV DeLite set
Canon 60Da
Rokinon 10mm f2.8, 14mm f2.8
24mm f1.4, 50mm f1.4, 135mm f2.0
Samyang 85mm f1.4
Re: Cocoon Nebula
Incredable Andy! 20 hours of exposure is amazing, it really paid off. Focus is absolutely perfect! Stunning-
Bruce D
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So beautiful, Andy!
I'm starting to think you may be an alien, and conveniently fly out to these objects in
your spacecraft and "snap" the pictures with an instamatic camera.
There's nothing wrong with this. Just fess up!
Bill G.
I'm starting to think you may be an alien, and conveniently fly out to these objects in
your spacecraft and "snap" the pictures with an instamatic camera.
There's nothing wrong with this. Just fess up!
Bill G.
Comets:40, Best Meteor shwr: Leonids '01, Best Aurora:Oct. '03.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
Re: Cocoon Nebula
Andy,
With your next screen saver, could you possibly center the object slightly to the left as my desktop icons seem to be blocking this Cocoon a bit. Thanks
Seriously, (actually the part about using your art as screen savers is quite serious!) what great work you do on astro imaging! Thanks again for sharing.
With your next screen saver, could you possibly center the object slightly to the left as my desktop icons seem to be blocking this Cocoon a bit. Thanks
Seriously, (actually the part about using your art as screen savers is quite serious!) what great work you do on astro imaging! Thanks again for sharing.
Frank N
Stellarvue 80mm APO, Skyguider Pro, Celestron AVX
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be"
Taylor in "Planet of the Apes" 1968
Stellarvue 80mm APO, Skyguider Pro, Celestron AVX
"I'm a seeker too. But my dreams aren't like yours. I can't help thinking that somewhere in the universe there has to be something better than man. Has to be"
Taylor in "Planet of the Apes" 1968
Re: Cocoon Nebula
Robert Gendler.....Christopher Go....Damien Peach....Parker, Ware......move aside.......here's Andy!!!!!!
Ron
Ron
ES AR152mm (988mm f6.5) achromatic doublet
TV 85mm (600mm f7) APO doublet
TV 60mm (360mm f6) APO doublet
TV Starbeam
TV 5X & 2.5X Powermates
TV DeLite set
Canon 60Da
Rokinon 10mm f2.8, 14mm f2.8
24mm f1.4, 50mm f1.4, 135mm f2.0
Samyang 85mm f1.4
TV 85mm (600mm f7) APO doublet
TV 60mm (360mm f6) APO doublet
TV Starbeam
TV 5X & 2.5X Powermates
TV DeLite set
Canon 60Da
Rokinon 10mm f2.8, 14mm f2.8
24mm f1.4, 50mm f1.4, 135mm f2.0
Samyang 85mm f1.4
Re: Cocoon Nebula
Beautiful job, Andy. These are spectacular images.
Tom
Tom
Tom H
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence." - Louis Pasteur
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence." - Louis Pasteur