Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396  ·  The star Garnet Star (μCep)
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IC1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula), John silver
IC1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula)
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IC1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
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IC1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula), John silver
IC1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula)
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IC1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Another clear night and another target

I need to practice/learn how to reduce blowout/halo of bright stars eg in this case "The Garnet Star"

I used the L-extreme and realised that not only do you have to re-focus the Recat51 but as I have off axis guiding, I had to re-focus the guide camera too. The filter is in a filter wheel along with a Baader light pollution filter. I've now removed the OAG and fitted a ZWO guide scope, so I can fix the guiding focus all the time (I can electronically change the Redcat51 focus through the ASIair App.

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IC1396 (The Elephant Trunk Nebula), John silver