Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396  ·  The star Garnet Star (μCep)
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Elephant Trunk Nebula, John Watson
Elephant Trunk Nebula
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Elephant Trunk Nebula

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Elephant Trunk Nebula, John Watson
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Elephant Trunk Nebula

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My second astrophoto. I found this target by just panning around in Sky Safari 5 until I found something that filled the field of view for my scope and camera. I then found some beautiful photos on astrobin and was very interested to see how my pics would come out.

My first photo of the North American Nebula showed nice details in each sub, but these subs looked uninspiring. However, on stretching the image in Pixinsight, I was amazed at the details that popped out! I pushed this image to the limit of the data, and my (sparse) knowledge of processing and the result is a bit noisy at pixel level, but the image looks ok (if a bit grainy) at the intended size. I can't wait to have another go at this target when I have more knowledge and experience.

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Elephant Trunk Nebula, John Watson