• The Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus
    • IC 1396 in Cepheus, the Elephant Trunk Nebula
    IC1396 in Cepheus
  • The Elephant Trunk Nebula is an emission nebula composed of dust and gas.
  • It is a darker region just below the brightest central star and
  • is part of a large, faint emission nebula in Cepheus.
  • Hover over the picture for an annotated version
  • Date:  23 September 2022
  • FOV:  Approximately 4.5° × 3.0°
  • Telescope:  Askar FRA300 pro (300mm f/5 Petzval)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Optolong L-eNhance narrow dual band filter
  • Stacking:  Thirty-two 240 second frames using Pixinsight
  • Total Time:  2 hours 8 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, MStr, GHS, HST,
  • PMath MStr + GHS + HST, StarXT, Stars + Sat, Starless, PMath, Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY