Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
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Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO TrueColor, David McClain
Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO TrueColor
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Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO TrueColor

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Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO TrueColor, David McClain
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Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO TrueColor

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Raw frames courtesy of Deep Sky West Remote Observatory in New Mexico, USA. (deepskywest.com) Data obtained with FSQ 106EDXiii / QSI683wsg / Lodestar / Paramount MyT.

21 hrs total integration (16x900s R, 16x900s G, 16x900s B, and 18x1800s H-alpha).

This is SHO but done in a manner to present the true colors. The palette has SII and H-alpha assigned to R, and the proper color fractions of OIII and H-beta assigned to G and B.

Maybe not as pretty as standard SHO, but not exaggerated either.

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Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO TrueColor, David McClain