IC 1396 – The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
IC 1396 – The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
The Celestron RASA 11″ doing it’s job at F/2.2 with really good seeing this fall. I captured this image over multiple nights with RGB filters for the stars and then Sulfur, Hydrogen, Oxygen filters for the nebulosity in this bright and energetic region.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Astronomik MaxFR 50x50mm Square SHO & Deep Sky RGB
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 6200mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Electronically Assisted Tilt (EAT)
Mount: iOptron CEM 120EC
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: NexDome 2.4m Automated
Bortle: 3
Long & Lat: 45.67N, -118.79 W
Shoot Parameters
Date: September 22nd – October 4th, 2024
Ha: 79 x 300 seconds
Oiii: 66 x 300 seconds
Sii: 69 x 300 seconds
R: 27 x 60 seconds
G: 31 x 60 seconds
B: 45 x 60 seconds
Total Integration time ~20 hrs
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 25 for each filter
Gain: 100
Cooling: -10
Processing Software: Captured with NINA, Stacked with Astro Pixel Processor, Processed in PixInsight
