IC1396

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

Object Info

Type

Dark Nebula

Constellation

Cepheus

Distance

2,400 ly

Date

July 8, 2006

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

SII 3x10 (bin 2x2), Ha 12x10 (bin 1x1), OIII 3x10 (bin 2x2) as RGB

Notes

Ha also used as the Luminance layer

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII

Software

MaxIm DL 4, Photoshop cs