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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 04 Sep 2011 (Summer)
Place Carlsbad, CA
Exposure Data Ha 240 mins @ -10C
Ha 16x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
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