Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus, gmeehan
The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus
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The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus, gmeehan
The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus
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The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus

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Description

This rendition of the Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in the constellation, Cepheus, was imaged

using a StellarVue SVQ-100 APO astrograph (100 mm objective, f/5.8) using a ZWO 183MM PRO CMOS camera and AstroDon Gen2 E-series Tru-Balance LRGB filter set. The mount is an iOptron iEQ45 PRO. The image session was controlled by Voyager Astrophotography Automation software.

The camera was operated at a temperature of -20 C. Each image frame exposure time was 300 s.

The frame captures by filter were:

Luminance filter: 38 frames

Red filter: 20 frames

Green filter: 12 frames

Blue filter: 12 frames

Total integration time: 6.8 hours

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The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in Cepheus, gmeehan