Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  B161  ·  IC 1396  ·  Sh2-131  ·  VdB142
SHO Elephant Trunk in Cepheus, Jonathan Young
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SHO Elephant Trunk in Cepheus

SHO Elephant Trunk in Cepheus, Jonathan Young
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SHO Elephant Trunk in Cepheus

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Description

Multiple nights imaging 4 hrs from 2017, 2.5 hrs from this year.

2.75hr Ha

2 hr S2

1.75 hr O3

ASI1600 with a mix of gain 139 and 200 and exposure lengths. Cropped about 35% of image due to alignment challenges.

Stacked in DSS with 2x drizzle

Processed in Startools v1.5 with 4x bin.

Removed stars with heal function to create a starless image and overlaid after stretching the SHO portion a little further. Strongly recommend Startools for good results in only an hr or two.

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Description: Removed stars, color rebalanced and readded stars with less aggressive stretch. Diffraction spikes added to replaced stars.

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D

Description: Touchup in lightroom

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Description: Touchup in Topaz

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SHO Elephant Trunk in Cepheus, Jonathan Young

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Cloudy Nights
Central USA