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IC1396: The Elephant's Trunk Nebula

From Wikipedia: The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away.

 

This was imaged over 5 nights from my home observatory.

 

Image Details:

 

83 x 600s, ISO 800

78 darks, 100 flats, 300 bias

 

Gear: Canon 450D (Full Spectrum Modified), Explore Scientific 80mm APO Triplet @ f/4.9 384mm, Hutech LPS D1, Orion Atlas EQ-G, Televue 0.8x Reducer

 

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Uploaded on October 18, 2015