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IC 5146
IC 5146 — Cocoon Nebula
Emission Nebula
· CygnusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Right ascension
- 21h 53m 32s
- Declination
- +47° 16′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Angular size
- 12′
- Surface brightness
- 13 mag/arcmin²
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- August, September, October
- Catalog IDs
- IC 5146;Caldwell 19;Barnard 168
About this target
Combined emission/reflection nebula with dark lane B168.