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Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142)
IC1396
Object
Type Dark Nebula
Constellation Cepheus
Distance 2,400 ly
More Info
Image
Date 25 Jul 2014 (Summer)
Place Palomar Mountain, CA
Exposure Data HaRGB 120:20:20:20 mins @ -20C
Ha 8x15 (1x1), R 4x5, G 4x5, B 4x5 (bin 2x2)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor
Focal Length 530mm @f/5
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera FLI ML-6303E
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB, 3nm Ha
Software MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop