Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396  ·  The star 13Cep  ·  The star Garnet Star (μCep)
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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Takahashi Epsilon-180ED
Imaging Cameras
Sony A7S
Mounts
EQ6 Pro
Filters
Baader Planetarium IR/UV Cut
Software
PixInsight · IRIS
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Nikon Nikkor 300mm F4.5
Guiding Cameras
QHY5

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 22, 2015
Frames:
48×180(2h 24′)
Integration:
2h 24′
Avg. Moon age:
7.11 days
Avg. Moon phase:
47.05%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 759075

RA center: 21h41m27s.1

DEC center: +57°3122

Pixel scale: 6.198 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -93.235 degrees

Field radius: 2.994 degrees

Resolution: 2619x2289

File size: 4.1 MB

Locations: Home, Tenterden, Kent, United Kingdom

Description

2 pane mosaic - each pane is 24 x 3minutes at ISO 2000

Sony A7S is H-alpha modified.

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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

            sharkmelley