An image of the Cocoon Nebula taken during the 2009 Island Star Party. This is my first published picture taken with my new SBIG monochrome camera and 5” refractor. This set up brings more details in the nebula as oppose to some past wide field images I took where the dark nebula Barnard 168 was the centre of attention. Also visible in this image is the smaller reflection nebula VdB 147 located west of IC 5146.

IC 5146 - July 18, 2009
Constellation: Cygnus
Location: Malahat Mountain
Optics: TeleVue NP-127is used at f/5.2
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Camera: SBIG ST-2000XM with CFW10 and LRGB Astrodon Filters
Binning: L 1x1 / RGB 2x2
Exposure Time: L 10x8m / R 10x4m / G 10x4m / B 10x4m
Total Exposure Time: 3h 40m