IC5146 - "Cocoon Nebula" in Cygnus (wider field)

Cocoon Nebula
Telescope: Orion 120ED
Camera: Canon XS (Hutech modified)
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding: SSAG on 300mm Komura lens
Exposures:

24 @ 5 minutes

Processing:

Images were focused using Live View. They were reduced, aligned and combined in ImagesPlus. The composite image was adjusted (Levels, Curves) in Photoshop CS2

Location:

My backyard observatory in southeastern Minnesota on 9/12/09.
Note: Seeing was average; humidity was high. Temperature: 55F

   
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