Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
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Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396, Hubble Palette, Three-Panel Mosaic, 



    
        

            Eric Coles (coles44)
Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396, Hubble Palette, Three-Panel Mosaic
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Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396, Hubble Palette, Three-Panel Mosaic

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 8, 2015 ·  Aug. 11, 2015 ·  Aug. 12, 2015
Frames:
Astrodon H-alpha 3 nm: 43×900(10h 45′) bin 1×1
Integration:
10h 45′
Avg. Moon age:
25.92 days
Avg. Moon phase:
16.17%

RA center: 21h39m05s.0

DEC center: +57°3101

Pixel scale: 2.123 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -88.518 degrees

Field radius: 2.047 degrees

Resolution: 620x1535

File size: 806.4 KB

Locations: Deep Sky West, Rowe, New Mexico, United States

Description

This is a three-panel mosaic combining three night of H-alpha data with a variety of S2 and O3 data from previous images. The detail in the image comes from the H-alpha mosaic image. The acquisition data here only shows the H-alpha subs.

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Elephant Trunk Nebula, IC1396, Hubble Palette, Three-Panel Mosaic, 



    
        

            Eric Coles (coles44)