Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Erakis (μ Cep)  ·  IC 1396  ·  The star The Garnet Star
My First DSO! IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula, runcoach
My First DSO! IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula
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My First DSO! IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula

My First DSO! IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula, runcoach
My First DSO! IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula
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My First DSO! IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula

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My First DSO astrophoto. I chose IC 1396, the Elephant Trunk Nebula. Used Sharpstar 61EDPH II, 0.8X field Flattener, ZWO EAF, ZWO EFW with 2 inch 7nm bandpass Ha filter, and a ZWO 1600MM-COOL. All controlled by a Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro and a ZWO ASIAIR Plus. I knew I should use calibration frames but just wanted to make sure everything worked so all I captured was 30 x 300s of Ha. Was processed using Affinity Photo only.

I'm a newbie so please give me constructive criticism so that I may improve my skills. Thank you.

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My First DSO! IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula, runcoach