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Observation by Nik Szymanek: VdB 142 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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Nik Szymanek

Observer

Nik Szymanek

Observed

2020 Jul 31 - 21:34

Uploaded

2020 Aug 05 - 09:37

Equipment
  • Skywatcher Esprit 150mm refractor
  • QSI 6120 wsg CCD camera
  • Astrodon H-alpha, OIII and SII filters
  • Paramount MX equatorial mount
Exposure

600sec sub exposures

Location

IC Astronomy, Oria, Spain

Target name

VdB 142

Title

VdB 142 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

About this image

Narrowband image:

Ha: 56 x 10m

OIII: 77 x 10m

SII: 75 x 10m

Processed with Maxim DL and Photoshop.

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