IC1396 & Elephant's trunk

Constellation: Cepheus

There is a dark nebula in IC1396 which is popularly known as the "Elephant's trunk". It is an interesting H-alpha object in September!

12/13 August 2007 Equipment: Scope: Takahashi FS60c Camera: Artemis 285 Filters: Astronomik Ha (13Nm) + IRB Exposure (1x1 binning): 12x600sec Guide scope: Celestron C8 with 0.66x Celestron focal reducer Guide camera: Vesta SC3 bw webcam Mount: Vixen GPDX Capture sw: Artemis Capture (to 16bit FITS) Guiding sw: LxGuideStar and MTSca Pro Processing: Calibration: ImageTOOLSca bias,darks,flats Stacking: ImageTOOLSca Adjustments: Photoshop CS2 Image shown at left is reduced to 65%. Click image to see the full resolution result.

10 September 2006 Equipment: Scope: Celestron C8 with Celestron 0.63 reducer Camera: Artemis 285 Filters: Astronomik Ha (13Nm) Exposure (2x2 binning): - patch 1: 16x300sec Guide scope: Takahashi FS60c Guide camera: Vesta SC3 bw webcam Mount: Vixen GPDX Capture sw: Artemis Capture (to 16bit FITS) Guiding sw: K3CCDTools3 and MTSca Pro Processing: Calibration: ImageVIEWca Stacking: K3CCDTools3 Adjustments: Photoshop CS2