Observation by Peter Goodhew: IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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Peter Goodhew FRAS

Observer

Peter Goodhew

Observed

2018 Jul 10 - 14:27

Uploaded

2018 Jul 24 - 14:40

Objects

The Elephant Trunk (IC1396)
IC1398

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Constellation

Cepheus

Field centre

RA: 21^h34^m
Dec: +57°30'
Position angle: +159°48'

Field size

0°45' × 0°35'

Equipment

APM TMB 152 F8 LZOS Refractor
10 Micron GM2000HPS mount
QSI6120ws8 CCD camera

Exposure

42 hours total. RGB 300s Ha, OIII, SII 1200s

Location

Alcalalí, Spain

Target name

IC1398 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Title

IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula

About this image

A 2-panel mosaic. Ha and SII mapped to red, OIII mapped to blue and green. Stars captured in RGB. Processed in CCDStack and Photoshop CS2.

Files associated with this observation

IC1396 crop flat small2.jpg (1.7 MB)

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