IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in LRGB (Chris Fellows)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: HD205948 · HD239710 · LBN 451 · LBN 452 · LDN 1093 · LDN 1098 · LDN 1099 · LDN 1105

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IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in LRGB

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This is my first image with the new mount and I am pretty happy with it. IC1396 or the Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus. It lies about about 2,400 light years from earth and it thought to be a star nursery.
I took this image over the last few nights in LRGB or "natural" light from my observatory in Animas New Mexico. Here are the details.
Target data
Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
Constellation Cepheus
Right ascension 21h 38m 57.61881s
Declination +57° 29′ 20.5399″
Image Data
Telescope - GSO 304mm F4 Imaging Newtonian
Mount - iOptron CEM120EC2 with iPolar installed
Camera - ZWO ASI1600MM cooled to -10C
Subframes
L - 60ea @ 300 seconds BIN1
RGB - 20ea @ 300 seconds BIN1
Flats/Darks/Bias calibration applied
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Title: IC 1396 Elephant's trunk nebula

Description: My 2023 rendition of this popular target. 10.6 hours of integration time LRGB from Animas NM

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RA (center)	21h35m07s.649
RA (top/left)	21h35m46s.998
RA (top/right)	21h38m05s.692
RA (bottom/right)	21h34m27s.222
RA (bottom/left)	21h32m11s.250

Dec (center)	+57°31′42″.25
Dec (top/left)	+57°06′44″.67
Dec (top/right)	+57°40′42″.57
Dec (bottom/right)	+57°56′38″.27
Dec (bottom/left)	+57°22′25″.85

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