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Elephant’s Trunk - IC1396, Mark Abbott
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Elephant’s Trunk - IC1396

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Elephant’s Trunk - IC1396

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The Elephant's Trunk nebula in Cepheus is a huge target that is approximately 3 degrees across.

First time using Bin2 mode in my 294mm camera.  I'm undersampled with the 60mm refractor but that's probably ok with a large nebula like the Elephant's Trunk.  The file sizes are much smaller using Bin2.

Data was collected over 4 nights during a span of good weather and better than average seeing.   The Ha signal is very strong with much weaker Oiii and Sii.  This was challenging to process but overall I'm happy with it.

Thanks for looking!

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Elephant’s Trunk - IC1396, Mark Abbott

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