Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
Trunk Nebula (IC 1396), Johannes Schiehsl
Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)
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Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

Trunk Nebula (IC 1396), Johannes Schiehsl
Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)
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Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

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My biggest astro imaging project so far.
Over the course of three Nights I collected the light of the Elefant Trunk Nebula through three narrowband filters (Oxygen, Sulfur and Hydrogen) I am pretty happy with the result.

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.

Telescope: Esprit APO 80/400
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM cooled to -15° C
Mount: AZ-EQ6
Exposure: 75 x 300 sec Ha, 85 x 300 sec OIII, 85 x 300 sec SII
Total Exposure Time: 20.3 hours

Software: APT, PHD2, PixInsight, Photoshop

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Trunk Nebula (IC 1396), Johannes Schiehsl