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 4, 2011

Location

Carlsbad, CA

Exposure

Ha 16x15 (bin 1x1)

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