Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
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IC 1396, George Simon
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IC 1396

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IC 1396

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Description

I planned on capturing twice as many subs, but unexpected low clouds delayed the start of my imaging run by two hours. I am surprised by how much nebulosity in this low-surface-brightness target was captured by my stock DSLR with only two hours of integration time.

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Revisions

  • IC 1396, George Simon
    Original
  • IC 1396, George Simon
    B
  • IC 1396, George Simon
    C
  • Final
    IC 1396, George Simon
    D

B

Description: I worked hard to eliminate some of the noise in the previous version while retaining as much of the nebulosity as I could.

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C

Description: More work to highlight the nebulosity.

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D

Description: I sharpened the brighter stars a bit, enhanced the nebula another increment, and adjusted the color of the nebulosity a bit.

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IC 1396, George Simon

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Cloudy Nights