Imaging telescopes or lenses: Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC Telephoto Rokinon 135mm
Imaging cameras: QSI583wsg5
Mounts: Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO AP Mach1
Guiding telescopes or lenses: Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC Telephoto Rokinon 135mm
Guiding cameras: QSI583wsg5
Software: Adobe Lightroom · Pixinsight 1.8 PixInsinght 1.8
Accessory: Robofocus Stepper MotorFocuser
Astrometry.net job: 2997788
RA center: 21h 40' 33"
DEC center: +57° 34' 30"
Pixel scale: 8.611 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 87.328 degrees
Field radius: 3.264 degrees
Resolution: 3306x2414
Locations: DeepSkyWest, Rowe, New Mexico, United States
Data source: Amateur hosting facility
Remote source: DeepSkyWest
This glowing nebula in Cepheus is being energised by the bright star sitting near its middle. IC 1396 (or Sharpless 131) is 3,000 light years away and hundreds of light years across. It is best know for one feature, which you can make out in this image just above the bright central star, at twelve o'clock: the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. Within this peculiarly-shaped, dark and dense region stars are forming.
LRGB image created using PixInsight (for calibration, registration, integration) and Adobe Lightroom (for cosmetic adjustments). 300s exposures (61xL, 66xR, 52xG, 47xB). Captured in New Mexico at Deep Sky West, using a QSI WSG-5 CCD Camera and a 135mm f/2 Rokinon lens.
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