Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
Elephant Trunk in broadband, Peter Hawman
Elephant Trunk in broadband
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Elephant Trunk in broadband

Elephant Trunk in broadband, Peter Hawman
Elephant Trunk in broadband
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Elephant Trunk in broadband

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I have seen a couple renditions of the Elephant Trunk in broadband that I really liked. I thought I would make an attempt. This is one of my first completed images with my new Quattro 150p. I really like using a newtonian for imaging, but it did take me some time getting everything adjusted. There is a little tilt still that should be corrected once a M54 screw adaptor arrives to connect the coma corrector directly to the focuser.

My intention was to combine some Ha data from my NBZ filter with this image to make a HaRGB. However, after processing just the RGB data I really liked how the colors and overall look of this image came out. So, I decided to leave it as is. It took several rounds of editing because I kept getting color artifacts in the stars from stretching. In the end I had to remove the stars while the image was still linear and stretch them separately. The GHS script in Pixinsight is truly an amazing tool.

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Elephant Trunk in broadband, Peter Hawman