Astro_Ade
IC1396_TSAPO65Q_1100D_CLS-CCD_57min_ISO3200_1Sep14_0130UT_m_v3
Here's my second attempt to capture more of the emission nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus, some 2400 light-years distant. This time I concentrated on the so-called Elephant's Trunk Nebula region.
As before, I used my TS 65mm f/6.5 Quadruplet for this image coupled to an astromodified Canon 1100D with an Astronomik CLS-CCD filter on an unguided Vixen GP mount. It's a stack of 19 3-minute ISO3200 exposures (57-minutes total), but without dark frame subtraction as my camera's battery was exhausted before I could capture them!
While it's a little grainier than I'd like owing to the lack of dark frames, at least the focus was perfect this time.
IC1396_TSAPO65Q_1100D_CLS-CCD_57min_ISO3200_1Sep14_0130UT_m_v3
Here's my second attempt to capture more of the emission nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus, some 2400 light-years distant. This time I concentrated on the so-called Elephant's Trunk Nebula region.
As before, I used my TS 65mm f/6.5 Quadruplet for this image coupled to an astromodified Canon 1100D with an Astronomik CLS-CCD filter on an unguided Vixen GP mount. It's a stack of 19 3-minute ISO3200 exposures (57-minutes total), but without dark frame subtraction as my camera's battery was exhausted before I could capture them!
While it's a little grainier than I'd like owing to the lack of dark frames, at least the focus was perfect this time.