IC 1396 Elephant Trunk

Captured at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/ 02/01/2025.

Located over 2,500 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus new stars are being born in this stellar nursery.

 

Boring Techie bit:

Telescope: Askar FRA400 with .7 reducer

Mount: EQ6r pro

Camera: ZWO 533mc pro

Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.

Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+

Best 85% of 61 light frames 180 seconds each.

Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias with DSS.

Processed using Graxpert, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.

Done