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Observation by Alun Halsey: Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396

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Alun Halsey

Observer

Alun Halsey

Observed

2023 Sep 05 - 21:19

Uploaded

2023 Sep 06 - 11:40

Objects

The Elephant Trunk (IC1396)

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Constellation

Cepheus

Field centre

RA: 21h35m
Dec: +57°27'
Position angle: +100°38'

Field size

0°53' × 0°39'

Equipment
  • SW Esprit 150ED apo triplet with 0.77x reducer/flattener
  • SX Trius Pro 694 mono CCD
  • SX filter wheel and OAG (Lodestar guide camera)
  • Baader 2" narrowband filters Ha & OIII (7nm)
  • Mesu-200 Mk1
Exposure

5x600 Ha & 5x600 OIII

Location

Reading Berkshire UK

Target name

Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Title

Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396

About this image

Bi-colour image created in Maxim DL4 using Ha/OIII/OIII palette after stacking image sets in Deepskystacker,processed in Photoshop CS2 using combination of Annie's and Astronomy Tools action sets. No dark/flat frame subtraction.

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