Object | |
| Description: | Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142) in Emission-Line |
| Type: | Dark Nebula |
| Constellation: | Cepheus |
| Distance: | 2,400 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | September 4, 2011 |
| Location: | Carlsbad, CA |
| Exposure: | Ha 16x15 (bin 1x1) |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor |
| Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 |
| Mount: | Losmandy G11 |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-10XME |
| Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
| Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon 3nm Ha |
| Software: | MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop |
