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Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142) in Emission-Line
IC1396
Object
Type Dark Nebula
Constellation Cepheus
Distance 2,400 ly
More Info
Image
Date 23 Nov 2008 (Fall)
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 120 mins @ -20C
Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
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