Object: | Portion of IC1396 Nebula, including the Elephant's Trunk Nebula and vdB 142 |
Date: | August 21 and 22, 2003 |
Equipment: | FLT110 at F/4.9, HX916 CCD, G11 mount; ST-4 autoguider, IDAS LPS filter |
Exposure: | RGB (120):60:60:60 minutes. All binned 1x1 |
Processing: | Photoshop: synthetic luminance, levels/curves, mild gaussian blur, minimum filter to reduce star bloat |
Comments: | Humid and hazy conditions, Moon was out for half of the exposure |
Description: | IC1396 is a large nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. It spans 3 degrees and is at the distance of 1,500 light years from Earth. |
Copyright © 2003 Paul Kanevsky