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

July 16, 2009

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 15x10 (bin 1x1)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi MT200 Newtonian

Focal Length

960mm @f/4.8

Mount

Astro-Physics 900GTO

Camera

SBIG ST-10XME

Focuser

TAK MEF-1

Filters

CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop