The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is over 20 lightyears long and can be found running through IC 1396, a young star cluster embedded within a cloud of glowing, ionised gas in the Cepheus constellation.

This Nebula is composed of cool interstellar dust and gas, which blocks out light on its way to Earth and leaves behind a long thin silhouette that gives the nebula its name.

The IC 1396 complex is located about 3,000 lightyears away and covers an apparent width of over 10 full Moons in the sky.

 

Camera : ZWO ASI 533 MC

Main Scope : William Optics Redcat 51

Guide Camera : ZWO ASI 120MM Mini

Guide Scope : ZWO Mini Guide Scope

Mount : Skywatcher AZ GTI

Filter : Optolong L-Extreme

Others : ZWO ASIAIR PRO

 

Lights : 59 x 300 sec (Total : 4h55)

Darks : 60 ~ Offset: 100 ~ Flats: 100

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