SUNSET: 
0
Photographer:
tpriopka
Location of Photo:
Concord, MA
Date/Time of photo:
Sept. 21, 2023
Equipment:
12" Classic Meade with focal reducer on a Paramount MyT, using an ASI2600mc cooled CMOS camera
Description:
Cocoon nebula, also known as IC5146 or Caldwell 19, is an emission/reflection nebula in Cygnus, embedded within the dark nebula Barnard 168. The central star that lights the nebula is thought to be only 100,000 years old, within a stellar nursery of hundreds of young emerging suns.
