SHO Elephant Trunk Nebula APOD.jpg
IC-1396 or the "Elephant Trunk" Nebula in SHO. This nebula is located in the constellation Cepheus roughly 2,400 light-years from Earth spanning about 20 light-years across. This nebula is composed of cooler gasses that block light on its way back to us, giving it it’s notorious shape of an “Elephant Trunk”.
Imager - Keaton Schoech
Target - IC-1396
Location – Columbus, KS, 66725 (Bortle 4)
Dates – August 4th-6th 2022
Total Integration - 17.4 hours
Integration Exposures:
Unity Gain
HA - 78 x 300 seconds
SII - 74 x 300 seconds
OIII - 60 x 300 seconds
Dark Frames - 20 x 300 seconds
Flat Frames - 0
Dark Flat Frames - 0
All shot at -10 degrees Celsius
Equipment:
Mount - Ioptron CEM-70
Tripod - Ioptron Tri-Pier
Imaging Telescope - Astro-Tech RITCHEY-CHRÉTIEN 6"
Telescope Corrector - N/A
Camera - ZWO ASI294MM Pro
Filter Wheel - ZWO EFW 7-position 36mm (unmounted)
Filters - ZWO 36mm unmounted LRGB, NB- HA, SII, OIII (7nm)
Focuser - Pegasus Astro Focus Cube V2
Guide Camera - ZWO ASI 120MM Mini
Guide Scope - Astromania 60mm with helical focuser
SBVONY 1.25" IR Cut filter (for guide camera)
Dew Heaters - Kiwifotos USB powered x2
Polar Aligned using Ioptron IPolar
Auxiliary Accessories - mounted USB green laser pointer
Software:
N.I.N.A., PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, Processed in Pixinsight
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