Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Ha, banzai
The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Ha
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The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Ha

The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Ha, banzai
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The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Ha

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I'd like to dub the feature below the elephant trunk the "Serenity Nebula". ‪#‎Firefly‬

Binned 2x2 since my guiding isn't very good right now. Can't use the OAG and things just aren't very accurate when guiding through the 400m ST-80. And I have so few clear nights that the 4x sensitivity boost when shooting binned 2x2 is hard to beat; I'm getting more bang for the buck, er, minute. And the tradeoff of half the resolution isn't nearly as painful as I thought it would be.

Stacking in DeepSkyStacker and using Drizzle 3x to regain a bit of the lost resolution. Really happy with the results thus far. Until I get a permanent remote observatory, I'm not sure I'll ever be able to justify shooting at full resolution.

Version A: b&w Ha data

Version B: Artificially colored Ha data

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The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Ha, banzai