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Funnel Cloud Nebula (200mm 6DII).jpg

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The dark nebula on the Cygnus-Cepheus border nicknamed the Funnel Cloud Nebula (a name provided by Alan Whitman in a 2006 Sky and Telescope article) but that is a very prominent naked eye feature to the northern Milky Way, more obvious as a dark area than the Northern Coal Sack to the south. This is a fine object for binoculars and the telephoto lens shot here provides the field of most binoculars.

It is also known as Le Gentil 3, from the 18th century French astronomer, and also LDN 1003 and 1029.

It resembles a dark tornado with a large mass of dark nebulosity at top emerging from a narrow neck below.

This is a stack of 6 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon 200mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800. Taken May 28, 2019 on a not very transparent night.
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Nebulas, NGC/IC Objects
The dark nebula on the Cygnus-Cepheus border nicknamed the Funnel Cloud Nebula (a name provided by Alan Whitman in a 2006 Sky and Telescope article) but that is a very prominent naked eye feature to the northern Milky Way, more obvious as a dark area than the Northern Coal Sack to the south. This is a fine object for binoculars and the telephoto lens shot here provides the field of most binoculars. <br /> <br /> It is also known as Le Gentil 3, from the 18th century French astronomer, and also LDN 1003 and 1029. <br /> <br /> It resembles a dark tornado with a large mass of dark nebulosity at top emerging from a narrow neck below.<br /> <br /> This is a stack of 6 x 2-minute exposures with the Canon 200mm lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 800. Taken May 28, 2019 on a not very transparent night.