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Where Giants Walk

Where Giants Walk, north.stargazer

Where Giants Walk

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Description

Some see an elephant, but I always visualize a gigantic figure walking through this enormous nebula.

This is my take on the popular Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus (IC 1396).

I captured the narrow-band data over the course of several imaging sessions from late October to December 2020.

Shown here in an SHO 'Hubble' palette, plus an HOO variant and the original mono Ha channel.

I hope to shoot the target in RGB and add more realistic star colours in future.

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Description: HOO variant

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