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Elephant's Trunk in Narrowband, Frank Kane
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Elephant's Trunk in Narrowband

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Elephant's Trunk in Narrowband

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Description

The end of the Elephant's Trunk (IC 1396) imaged in narrowband filters. Although from this angle, it looks more like a moose head to us!

Tried several color combinations, but settled on this one:

R: 0.5*S2+0.5*Ha

G: 0.15*Ha + 0.85*O3

B: O3

Ha was used as luminance.

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Elephant's Trunk in Narrowband, Frank Kane