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Telescope:
Takahashi FSQ106N 
Mount:
Takahashi EM200 Temma2 
Camera:
SBIG ST10XME 
Filter:
CFW8a, Astronomik Ha-filter 
Exposure:
MaximDL4
L: 70min (600s subframes, 1x1) selfguided @ f/5, chip temp -10C 
Processing:
CCDSoftV5 (image reduction), Debloomer, Registar, Sigma, Photoshop CS (Levels & Curves, Minimum on bright stars) 
Location:
Northern Blackforest, Germany 
Date:
12.August 2004 
Object info:
This object, also known as Sharpless125, is an emission nebula being excited to fluorescence by young new stars embedded in the gas cloud. The real size of IC5146 is about 19 lightyears.