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IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula, Doug Gray
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IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula, Doug Gray
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IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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Probably my new favorite target. I can't decide if I wish I had more focal length to zoom in on the elephant's trunk itself, or less so I could capture the whole region. Pretty happy with the result, although I wish I had gathered a bit more OIII/SII data, as I had to throw quite a bit out due to clouds.

Post processing notes: Manual frame selection and StarNet++ for the narrowband images. FWHM weighted selection and blending for the RGB data, followed by Photometric color calibration in Siril. Camera Raw filter adjustments in photoshop to adjust the levels and reduce noise.

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IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula, Doug Gray