IC 1396 Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
IC 1396 Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
Really happy with this image as it’s one of my clearer and sharper images I have taken. This was captured with a Celestron RASA 11″ in Ha, Sii, and Oiii filters and processed in hubble color palette. Located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away. I personally like the star on the inner eye of this dense pillar, showing how the young stars empty the cavities in these regions of dense dust.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 11 (620mm focal @ f/2.2)
Filters: Baader Ultra-Highspeed F/2 3.5nm & 4nm Filters.
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 1600mm-pro Monochrome
Tilt & BackFocus Adjuster: ASG Photon Cage
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro
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: July 21, August 4th, August 5th – 2022
Ha: 96 x 300 seconds
Oiii: 92 x 300 seconds
Sii: 48 x 300 seconds
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flats: 30 for each filter
Gain: 139
Cooling: -10
Processing Software: Stacked in Astro Pixel Processor, captured using NINA, Processed in PixInsight
