The Cocoon Nebula
| Object | The Cocoon Nebula, in Cygnus | |
| Telescope (Photo) | TeleVue 85mm OTA @ f/5.6 (480mm focal length) on ZWO AM5N mount | |
| Telescope (Guiding) | ZWO 30mm f/5 (150mm focal length) guide scope on ZWO AM5N mount | |
| Camera (Photo) | Touptek ATR585M monochrome CMOS Camera with Touptek 7 position 1.25" filter wheel, controlled by N.I.N.A. | |
| Camera (Guiding) | ZWO ASI220MM Mini w/PHD2 Guiding | |
| Exposure Detail |
Combination of 235 images, each 180 seconds: 60 Luminance 60 Red 58 Green 57 Blue Total 11 hours, 45 minutes data capture, using Touptek narrowband filters. Calibrated with dark, flat-dark, and flat frames; image processing w/PixInsight 1.9.4 |
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| Location | Quilted Starfields Observatory (N29.406, W82.859) | |
| Date | 08/11/2026-08-13-2026 |