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

September 11, 2007

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

SII 5x30, Ha 5x30, OIII 5x30 (bin 1x1) as RGB

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII

Software

Maxim DL, Photoshop