iksose7
IC 1396
This image contains the well known Elephants Trunk nebula, you can kinda see it towards the top of the nebula reaching downwards. There are also many other dark nebulae on show. The bright yellow star to the left is called Mu Cephei but is more known as the Garnet star. It is a red super giant and if it were to replace our Sun, it would swallow up Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and stretch out to Jupiter. Yup, its big! Infact it is one of the biggest and most luminous stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
This is my second image using guiding which started well but deteriorated slightly as the night went on. It was also my first time using remote desktop so i could monitor and control everything from the comfort of my couch!
Exposure details:
30* 300 second subs, f4, ISO 800, calibration frames, 200mm
Camera: Canon 600Da
Lens: Canon EF200L 2.8 II
Mount: NEQ6
Guiding: Orion Miniguider
IC 1396
This image contains the well known Elephants Trunk nebula, you can kinda see it towards the top of the nebula reaching downwards. There are also many other dark nebulae on show. The bright yellow star to the left is called Mu Cephei but is more known as the Garnet star. It is a red super giant and if it were to replace our Sun, it would swallow up Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and stretch out to Jupiter. Yup, its big! Infact it is one of the biggest and most luminous stars in our Milky Way galaxy.
This is my second image using guiding which started well but deteriorated slightly as the night went on. It was also my first time using remote desktop so i could monitor and control everything from the comfort of my couch!
Exposure details:
30* 300 second subs, f4, ISO 800, calibration frames, 200mm
Camera: Canon 600Da
Lens: Canon EF200L 2.8 II
Mount: NEQ6
Guiding: Orion Miniguider