IC 1396 The Elephant Trunk Nebula

Hi All,

Here is an image I took on the 8th of October. I'm very pleased with the way this one turned out this was a long night getting the data for this image started at 21.00 finished at 07.00 next morning but it was worth it.


IC 1396 The Elephant Trunk Nebula taking on the 8th of October 2008. Exposures where 51 x 5 Mins, 4hrs 15min Total in H Alpha, Darks was 23 x 5 Mins through a William Optics FLT-110 Triplet APO refractor Atik 16Hr cdd camera. Guided with a Celestron 80ED And Sac 4.2 ccd camera with phd guiding software On a CGE mount. Processed in ImagesPlus V3.5 and Photoshop CS2

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Here is some info on the nebula.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant's_Trunk_nebula

thanks for looking,

Carl.

Very, very nice Carl. You must have had better conditions than me where it was moisture, moisture moisture and all lit up by the moon (had to go night night before it set:( ).

well done Carl.... Super Image. Pure Class

Great image Carl.

Michael.

Flipping heck - that's a sweet image Carl. The WO and Atik combo certainly seems very productive. And the CGE mount is no slouch either!

I've seen a good few images of the Elephant's Trunk and yours is certainly "up there". Well done.

Dave

Hi all,

Thanks for your comments I have to weight till the moon is out of the way to get the color for this one.

Carl.