From the elephant trunk to the bat and a hint of Outters 4 (IC1396, SH2-129, OU-4, VDB-140) (Sven Hoffmann)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: 5 alf Cep · Alderamin · B152 · B153 · B154 · B157 · B160 · B161 · B162 · B163 · B354 · B364 · B365 · B366 · B367 · B368 · Erakis · IC 1396 · PK097+03.1 · PK098+02.1 · PK098+04.1 · PK100+04.1 · Sh2-128 · Sh2-129 · Sh2-131 · The star Alderamin (αCep) · The star Garnet Star (μCep) · VdB140 · VdB142 · mu. Cep

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From the elephant trunk to the bat and a hint of Outters 4 (IC1396, SH2-129, OU-4, VDB-140)

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From the elephant trunk to the bat and a hint of Outters 4 (IC1396, SH2-129, OU-4, VDB-140)

Hi everyone,

I had been looking around again for interesting compositions where I could combine multiple multiple objects and image them together and I found this when experimented around with SGPs framing and mosaic wizard.

Unfortunately there was still a little tilt in my setup when I shot this which I have resolved as well as I can now. I'm not entirely happy with the Samyang 135mm f/2 lens to be honest because the stars do not look too good in the corners but I seem to be out of options, it's just the way it is and I have not seen many better samples out there. It may not be as good as the Esprit, but you can still take some good images with it

I stopped it down to pretty much exactly f/3.

I am a little disappointed that I could not get OU-4 imaged well, there is just a hint of it. Even without the moon in the sky the 8.5nm filter just does not cut it from my location

Sooner or later I see 3nm filters in my future, if they were't so extremely expensive.

The refractors!
Cloudy Nights
ZWO ASI1600MM/QHY163M

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RA (center)	21h25m08s.20
RA (top/left)	21h33m48s.86
RA (top/right)	22h00m36s.25
RA (bottom/right)	21h13m53s.80
RA (bottom/left)	20h49m15s.50

Dec (center)	+58°56′47″.3
Dec (top/left)	+54°28′03″.2
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