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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396) close up in Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb, 



    
        

            Jose Carballada
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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396) close up in Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb

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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396) close up in Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb, 



    
        

            Jose Carballada
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Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC1396) close up in Hα-SII/OIII/OIII+rgb

Acquisition details

Dates:
Sept. 3, 2021 ·  Sept. 12, 2021 ·  Sept. 17, 2021 ·  Oct. 7, 2021 ·  Oct. 10, 2021 ·  Oct. 13, 2021
Frames:
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 36 mm: 70×120(2h 20′) (gain: 0.00) -5°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green 36 mm: 70×120(2h 20′) (gain: 0.00) -5°C bin 1×1
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red 36 mm: 70×120(2h 20′) (gain: 0.00) -5°C bin 1×1
Astrodon H-alpha 5nm 36 mm: 120×600(20h) (gain: 56.00) -5°C bin 1×1
Astrodon OIII 5nm 36 mm: 120×600(20h) (gain: 1600.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Optolong SII 6.5nm 36 mm: 120×600(20h) (gain: 1600.00) -15°C bin 1×1
Integration:
67h
Avg. Moon age:
9.43 days
Avg. Moon phase:
35.29%

RA center: 21h35m27s.170

DEC center: +57°2859.99

Pixel scale: 0.942 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 89.921 degrees

Field radius: 0.492 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 2088x3126

File size: 8.0 MB

Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain

Data source: Own remote observatory

Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility

Description

After several months of working, finally the new set up is up and running.
I changed ASI1600 -> QHY268 on RC10 and AS183 -> QHY294 on TS107 and all that involved!! A lot, a lot of effort as you really know

This is the first good image after all that changes, calibrations and preparations.

It's a classic, super-photographed target, really good to compare with previous results, like this from 2017:



4 years it's a lot of time to learn more PIX techniques, upgrade the telescope, filters and cameras and of course, change the palette that I am using.

I prefer this framing and thanks to all that experience, hardware changes and more than 67 hours of integration, it's more detailed and more deep. 

It's amazing how this kind of small details appear


I hope you like it, more images on the pipeline!!

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