IC1396
IC1396
Object | |
| Description: | Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142) in Emission-Line |
| Type: | Dark Nebula |
| Constellation: | Cepheus |
| Distance: | 2,400 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | July 8, 2006 |
| Location: | Carlsbad, CA |
| Exposure: | SII 3x10 (bin 2x2), Ha 12x10 (bin 1x1), OIII 3x10 (bin 2x2) as RGB |
| Notes: | Ha also used as the Luminance layer |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor |
| Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 |
| Mount: | Celestron CGE |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
| Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
| Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII |
| Software: | MaxIm DL 4, Photoshop cs |