"Beautiful Universe 2012" Sky Publishing. October 2011 Cover photo "RASC Observer's Handbook" 2020 Paul Mortfield |
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Title | The Cocoon | |
Photo Credit: | Paul Mortfield | |
Object: | Cocoon Nebula | |
Date: | August 2008 | |
Location: | Sierra Remote Observatories California | |
Telescope: | RCOS 16" f/8.9 | |
Camera: | Apogee U16M with AstroDon Gen2 Filters | |
Wavelengths: | LRGB | |
Exposure Time: | 7.5 hours | |
Notes: | Of note are the brown colored interstellar dust regions which in some parts of the image is so dense blocking the light from many stars behind it. |
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