This picture is actually comprised of many objects. The red emission nebula is catalogued Sharpless Sh2-125 and this nebula is giving birth to a new star cluster, IC 5146. Associated with this we also have reflection nebula illuminated by the new stars of the cluster. Adding impact, we have a dark nebula, Barnard B168 obscuring the light from the background stars of the Milky Way.
At a distance of 3500 light years the nebula spans 15 light years.
This wide field image was produced with an SBIG STL-11000M ABG on a Takahashi FSQ-106ED (GRAS-14)
- Luminance: 50 min (bin 1×1)
- Red: 30 min (bin 2×2)
- Green: 15 min (bin 2×2)
- Blue: 15 min (bin 2×2)