Elephant Trunk Nebula

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                                IC 1396 (Embedded Star Cluster) vdB 142

                                              Elephant Trunk Nebula                                 

 

 

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                                      Equipment:     StarLight SX-694 CCD camera, Meade 12" RCX400 OTA, Optec Lepus 0.63X Telecompressor and Paramount MX mount.
                                                          Filters:            Astrodon Tru-Balance Gen 2 E Series.
                                                          Binning:          Luminance 1X1 Red, Green, & Blue 2X2 
                                                          Times:            L 30 x 3 min = 90 min, R 25 x 3 min = 75 min, G 25 x 3 min = 75 min, B 25 x 3 min = 75 min, Total of around 5.15 Hours.
                                                          Date:              September 18th. and 20th 2018
                                                          Process:         Taken with MaxIm DL, aligned & processed with MaxIm DL, final processing with PaintShop Pro X9 and Photo Shop CS2.
                                                          Magnitude:      Unknown
                                                          Distance:         About 2,400 Light Years
                                                          Constellation:   Cepheus

                                                                    

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