"Beautiful Universe 2012"  Sky Publishing. October 2011 Cover photo "RASC Observer's Handbook" 2020 Paul Mortfield

	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.