IC 1396 - The Elephant Trunk Nebula

[steppenwolf]

Not too bad a sky tonight, less milky than recently so I thought I'd have a go at a new object for me. IC1396 is a very large emission nebula in Cepheus and even with my 200mm telephoto lens, I couldn't cram it all in! 15 subs of 300 seconds each, giving a total exposure time of 1 hour 15 minutes through my SXVF-H9C CCD camera piggy-backed on top of my 10" Reflector and EQ6 mount.

[daz]

Wow, that's a nice one SW

[CELESCOPE]

lovely one Steve, super wide field, lots of dark matter showing there as well , and the trunk dropping down from the top ,

Doing rogers smaller stars would prob make that dark matter and trunk spring out even more Steve, but an excellent result mate .

Rog

PS now try the Tulip.

[anthony]

excellent image - love the field of view

Anthony

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

Very nice indeed Steve.

Kaptain Klevtsov

[MikeD]

Real nice colour and depth, great work.

[centroid]

Very nice Steve.

That H9C/200mm telephoto combination, certainly does produce some nice results.

Dave

[proflight2000]

wow what a picture, i have never seen that before, i can see why it is called what it is.

[barkis]

A very lovely image Steve. It is so rich in stars.

Excellent stuff.

Ron.

[MartinB]

The trunk shows up very well. Good work