The Cocoon Nebula is located in Cygnus. The Cocoon Nebula is nearly 15 light-years wide. It is located about 4,000 light-years away from us. The dark molecular cloud associated with the Cocoon Nebula includes the dark nebula. The star at the center of the nebula is only a few hundred thousand years old.
This image was taken in Toledo, OH and is an LRGB composite CCD image taken with a TEC 140 telescope using an SBIG ST-8XE CCD.
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