Object | |
Description: | Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142) in Emission-Line |
Type: | Dark Nebula |
Constellation: | Cepheus |
Distance: | 2,400 ly |
Image | |
Date: | September 11, 2007 |
Location: | Carlsbad, CA |
Exposure: | SII 5x30, Ha 5x30, OIII 5x30 (bin 1x1) as RGB |
Equipment | |
Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor |
Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 |
Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm SII, Ha, OIII |
Software: | Maxim DL, Photoshop |