Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  B161  ·  B365  ·  IC 1396  ·  Sh2-131  ·  VdB142
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IC 1396A - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in HOO, Dale Hollenbaugh
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IC 1396A - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in HOO

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IC 1396A - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in HOO, Dale Hollenbaugh
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IC 1396A - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in HOO

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IC 1396A - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in HOO

Shot over two nights

Astro Pixel Processor to extract the H-alpha and O-iii channels separately from L-eXtreme filter and then blend them back together in HOO.
Stretching and light pollution removal in Astro Pixel Processor
De-noise in Topaz DeNoise AI
Star removal in PixInsight with StarNet ++
Starless image enhanced in Photoshop
Stars shrunk and re-integrated back into image in PixInsight
Re-edit and crop in Photoshop
Sharpen with Topaz Sharpen AI

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IC 1396A - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in HOO, Dale Hollenbaugh