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IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk) SHO/Hubble, 



    
        

            Paul Muskee
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IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk) SHO/Hubble

IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk) SHO/Hubble, 



    
        

            Paul Muskee
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IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk) SHO/Hubble

Acquisition details

Dates:
Aug. 22, 2019 ·  Aug. 23, 2019 ·  Aug. 24, 2019
Frames:
Astrodon H-Alpha Filter - 3nm - 50mm: 68×300(5h 40′) (gain: 200.00) -20°C bin 1×1
Astrodon O-III Filter - 3nm - 50mm: 65×300(5h 25′) (gain: 200.00) -20°C bin 1×1
Astrodon S-II Filter - 3nm - 50mm: 66×300(5h 30′) (gain: 200.00) -20°C bin 1×1
Integration:
16h 35′
Darks:
50
Avg. Moon age:
22.03 days
Avg. Moon phase:
51.19%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
4.00

RA center: 21h36m04s.80

DEC center: +57°3057.1

Pixel scale: 1.141 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 99.404 degrees

Field radius: 0.924 degrees

More info:Open 

Resolution: 4673x3488

File size: 23.0 MB

Locations: Lingemeer (backyard @ home), Lienden, Gelderland, Netherlands

Data source: Backyard

Description

My first SHO image (fully processed)! I was just messing around with the different narrowband channels to achieve a Hubble palette image. The data was already getting old again... The weather is very bad in the Netherlands so lost motivation for a while.

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IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk) SHO/Hubble, 



    
        

            Paul Muskee