IC1396

Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142)

IC1396

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Object Info

Type

Dark Nebula

Constellation

Cepheus

Distance

2,400 ly

Capture Details

Date

July 25, 2014

Location

Palomar Mountain, CA

Exposure

Ha 8x15 (1x1), R 4x5, G 4x5, B 4x5 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

FLI ML-6303E

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB, 3nm Ha

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop