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IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

            Stan Smith
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IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

            Stan Smith
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IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula

Acquisition details

Dates:
Sept. 2, 2023
Frames:
Integration:
5h
Avg. Moon age:
17.56 days
Avg. Moon phase:
91.42%

RA center: 21h39m53s.57

DEC center: +57°3410.2

Pixel scale: 5.876 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -5.490 degrees (flipped)

Field radius: 1.904 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 1906x1346

File size: 3.6 MB

Locations: DarkSky Observatory (In My Back Yard), Westminster, SC, United States

Data source: Backyard

Description

First light image with the Celestron RASA 8 and QHY268C camera. Fighting a 93% full moon!

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IC1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula, 



    
        

            Stan Smith