Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  B161  ·  B163  ·  B365  ·  B367  ·  IC 1396  ·  Sh2-131  ·  VdB142
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IC1396 -- Synthetic RGB, Richard Beck
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IC1396 -- Synthetic RGB

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IC1396 -- Synthetic RGB, Richard Beck
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IC1396 -- Synthetic RGB

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From Wikipedia -- IC 1396, which contains the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, is 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.

This image is a synthetic RGB where the Red channel is 50% R + 25% Ha + 25% SII the Green channel is 75% G + 25% OIII and the Blue channel is 75% B + 25% OIII. The channels were combined using PixelMath in PixInsight and color calibration was with Photometric Color Calibration.

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IC1396 -- Synthetic RGB, Richard Beck

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