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IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk Nebula (Click on photo and then click again for a full resolution image).

IC 1396
IC 1396
IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk Nebula) SHO
IC 1396 (Elephant's Trunk Nebula) Ha

IC 1396 - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a dense region of interstellar gas and dust about 20 light-years long situated within a much larger ionized gas region know as IC 1396 and is located in the constellation Cepheus.
IC 1396 is located about 2,400 light-years from Earth.

Image acquisition and processing information:

Date: August 14th, 2020
Telescope: Celestron Edge HD 14" telescope using a Hyperstar v3 lens
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI-183 MM Pro monochrome camera equipped with a Baader UFC 2" Filter Slider
Image acquisition software: Sequence Generator Pro v. 3.0.3.169

Exposures (for Narrowband SHO photo):
19 one-minute exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band Ha filter, 10 two-minute exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band OIII filter and 5 two-minute exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band SII filter.

Exposures (for Narrowband Ha photo): 19 one-minute exposures binned 2x2 using a Baader high speed narrow-band Ha filter.

Guiding: Telescope: AstroTech AT72ED, Camera: Starlight Xpress Trius Pro 814 CCD, Software: PhD2
Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.5