IC 5146
{{Short description|Reflection nebula in the constellation Cygnus}}
{{Infobox nebula
| name = IC 5146
| type = reflection
| type2 = emission nebula
| epoch = J2000
| ra = {{RA|21|53|28.7}}
| dec = {{DEC|+47|16|01}}
{{cite journal
| title= Kinematics in Young Star Clusters and Associations with Gaia DR2
| journal=The Astrophysical Journal
| volume=870 |issue=1 |pages=32|year=2018
|arxiv = 1807.02115 |bibcode = 2019ApJ...870...32K |doi = 10.3847/1538-4357/aaef8c | last1=Kuhn
| first1=Michael A.
| last2=Hillenbrand
| first2=Lynne A.
| last3=Sills
| first3=Alison
| last4=Feigelson
| first4=Eric D.
| last5=Getman
| first5=Konstantin V.
| s2cid=119328315
| doi-access=free
}}
| dist_pc = 780±30
| appmag_v = +7.2
| size_v = 12{{prime}}
| constellation = Cygnus
| radius_ly = 7.5
| notes =
| names = Cocoon Nebula, Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, Cr 470
| image = Ic5146s.jpg
| caption = Optical image of IC 5146
}}
IC 5146 (also Caldwell 19, Sh 2-125, Barnard 168, and the Cocoon Nebula) is a reflection{{cite book|last=Eicher|first=David J.|title=The Universe from Your Backyard: A Guide to Deep-Sky Objects from Astronomy Magazine|publisher=AstroMedia (Kalmbach Publishing Company)|date=1988|isbn=0-521-36299-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/universefromyour0000eich}}/emission nebula and Caldwell object in the constellation Cygnus. The NGC description refers to IC 5146 as a cluster of 9.5 mag stars involved in a bright and dark nebula. The cluster is also known as Collinder 470.O'Meara, Stephen James: The Caldwell Objects, Sky Publishing Corporation {{ISBN|0-933346-97-2}} page 80 It shines at magnitude +10.0{{cite book|last=Pasachoff|first=Jay M.|title=Stars and Planets|publisher=Peterson Field Guides|location=New York, NY|date=2000|pages=578 |chapter=Atlas of the Sky|isbn=0-395-93432-X}}/+9.3{{cite web|url=http://dougsastro.net/IC-Catalog/ic5146.php|title=IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula|last=Sanqunetti|first=Doug|date=2007|publisher=dougsastro.net|access-date=2008-08-06}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}/+7.2.{{cite web|url=http://www.starrywonders.com/cocoon.html|title=Cocoon Nebula|last=Cannistra|first=Steve|date=2004|publisher=starrywonders.com|access-date=2008-08-06}} Its celestial coordinates are RA {{RA|21|53.5}}, dec {{DEC|+47|16}}. It is located near the naked-eye star Pi Cygni, the open cluster NGC 7209 in Lacerta, and the bright open cluster M39. The cluster is about 4,000 ly away, and the central star that lights it formed about 100,000 years ago;{{Cite APOD|title=IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula|date=2002-10-14|access-date=2008-08-06}} the nebula is about 12 arcmins across, which is equivalent to a span of 15 light years.
When viewing IC 5146, dark nebula Barnard 168 (B168) is an inseparable part of the experience, forming a dark lane that surrounds the cluster and projects westward forming the appearance of a trail behind the Cocoon.
Young Stellar Objects
File:IC 5146 from Herschel.jpg's Herschel Space Telescope]]
IC 5146 is a stellar nursery where star-formation is ongoing. Observations by both the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have collectively identified hundreds of young stellar objects.{{cite journal|last1=Harvey|first1=Paul M.|last2=Huard|first2=Tracy L.|last3=Jørgensen|first3=Jes K.|last4=Gutermuth|first4=Robert A.|last5=Mamajek|first5=Eric E.|last6=Bourke|first6=Tyler L.|last7=Merín|first7=Bruno|last8=Cieza|first8=Lucas|last9=Brooke|first9=Tim|last10=Chapman|first10=Nicholas|last11=Alcalá|first11=Juan M.|last12=Allen|first12=Lori E.|author12-link=Lori Allen (astronomer)|last13=Evans II|first13=Neal J.|last14=Di Francesco|first14=James|last15=Kirk|first15=Jason M.|title=TheSpitzerSurvey of Interstellar Clouds in the Gould Belt. I. IC 5146 Observed With IRAC and MIPS|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=680|issue=1|year=2008|pages=495–516|issn=0004-637X|doi=10.1086/587687|bibcode=2008ApJ...680..495H|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|last1=Getman|first1=Konstantin V.|last2=Broos|first2=Patrick S.|last3=Kuhn|first3=Michael A.|last4=Feigelson|first4=Eric D.|last5=Richert|first5=Alexander J. W.|last6=Ota|first6=Yosuke|last7=Bate|first7=Matthew R.|last8=Garmire|first8=Gordon P.|title=Star Formation In Nearby Clouds (SFiNCs): X-Ray and Infrared Source Catalogs and Membership|journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series|volume=229|issue=2|year=2017|pages=28|issn=1538-4365|doi=10.3847/1538-4365/229/2/28|arxiv=1612.05282|bibcode=2017ApJS..229...28G|s2cid=59124520 |doi-access=free }} Young stars are seen in both the emission nebula, where gas has been ionized by massive young stars, and in the infrared-dark molecular cloud that forms the "tail". One of the most massive stars in the region is BD +46 3474, a star of class B1 that is an estimated 14±4 times the mass of the sun.{{cite journal|last1=Weidner|first1=Carsten|last2=Kroupa|first2=Pavel|title=The maximum stellar mass, star-cluster formation and composite stellar populations|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=365|issue=4|year=2006|pages=1333–1347|issn=0035-8711|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09824.x|doi-access=free |arxiv=astro-ph/0511331|bibcode=2006MNRAS.365.1333W|s2cid=11688023}}
Another interesting star in the nebula is BD +46 3471, which is an example of a HAeBe star, an intermediate mass star with strong emission lines in its spectrum.{{cite book | last=Reipurth | first=Bo | title=Handbook of star forming regions | publisher=Astronomical Society of the Pacific | location=San Francisco | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-58381-670-7 }}
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References
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External links
{{commons category|IC 5146}}
- {{cite simbad|title=IC 5146}}
- {{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=IC+5146&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object IC 5146|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center}}
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