A while back I asked for submissions to run a deep-sky image of the week from this site. The response was not good. In which case I will post up a deep-sky image of the week from my own collection. I’ll kick off with this recent very wide field of the Cocoon region taken with the 2 x Canon 200mm lenses and the Trius M26C OSC CCDs.
The Cocoon Nebula looks like it’s cutting a path through the star field, leaving a dark nebula in its wake. A very interesting effect, though the dark nebula is just dust obscuring the view of the stars beyond.