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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396), Nathan Barnard
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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396)

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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396), Nathan Barnard
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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396)

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Here is an image I recently took of IC1396, also known as the Elephant Trunk Nebula. It was shot in S/H/O narrowband at f/2.2. With the shallow pixels of the QHY183m, I went with a somewhat short exposure time of 300 seconds for each filter. Let me know what you think!

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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396), Nathan Barnard