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NASA's APOD spotlights the Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus

September 21 Astronomy Picture of the Day features IC 5146, a star-forming region shaped like a cosmic comet.

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What to know

  • The Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) sits about 2,500 light years away, with a 10-light-year bright head and a nearly 100-light-year dusty tail.
  • The featured image was captured in July from Death Valley, California.
  • NASA is migrating its Astronomy Picture of the Day site from apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod.

“APOD's main NASA site is moving: From apod.nasa.gov to science.nasa.gov/apod”

NASA APOD, Astronomy Picture of the Day caption · NASA science.nasa.gov ↗ · Sep 20

NASA Publisher of Astronomy Picture of the DayPiotr Czerski Astrophotographer

NASA's APOD spotlights the Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus
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    NASA publishes Cocoon Nebula as Astronomy Picture of the Day — The September 21 APOD entry features a wide-field image of the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146) in Cygnus, describing its bright head and 100-light-year dusty tail, captured in July from Death Valley, California.

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    Astronomy account reposts the image crediting photographer Piotr Czerski

    The bluesky account apoddaily.bsky.social shared the day's APOD image with credit to photographer Piotr Czerski.

    “🔭 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field…”
    — apoddaily.bsky.social
    • apoddaily.bsky.social

      🔭 Cocoon Nebula Wide Field 📅 2026-09-21 © Piotr Czerski Src: NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day #NASA #APOD #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Space

      apoddaily.bsky.socialBluesky3d ago41▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    • astronomybot.bsky.social

      Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD Title: Cocoon Nebula Wide Field Date: 2026-09-21 Image by: Piotr Czerski #APOD #NASA

      astronomybot.bsky.socialBluesky2d ago36▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  1. 2 outlets APOD: 2026 September 21 - Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

    first by miragenews.com, 2d ago · also NASA

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