IC1396

Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142) in Emission-Line

IC1396

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Object Info

Type

Dark Nebula

Constellation

Cepheus

Distance

2,400 ly

Capture Details

Date

November 23, 2008

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Starlight Feather Touch Micro Focuser

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop