Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula

IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)
IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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Description

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a 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. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396

Ha 57 x 600s

OIII 82 x 600s

SII 55 x 600s

32 hours 20 mins in total.

Equipment used:

Telescope: Takahashi Baby Q FSQ-85ED F5.3

Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Pro Mono Cooled to -10C

Image Scale: 2.08

Guiding: OAG

Filters: Astronomik Ha,OIII,SII

Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition: Voyager

Observatory control: Lunatico Dragonfly

Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight

Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop

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IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, David Wills (PixelSkiesAstro)