IC 1396 - Elephant Trunk

[Hytham]

While I waited for Orion to rise I figured why not image what I always seemingly thought was an extraordinarily boring target. Little did I know.

Here is my humble attempt with a mere 4 hours of integration.

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Comments and criticisms are welcome.

Thank you.

[ollypenrice]

Strewth, THAT is a field of view!!! Incredible depth as well. The 'usual' object is seen here gradually emerging from its gassy surroundings. Very exciting indeed and beautifully done.

I have just done this in an FSQ106/Full Frame at native FL but your FOV is SO much bigger! Tremendous image.

Olly

[VigdisVZ]

Yeah that's some amazing Takahashi-candy right there. Can't wait to see what you come up with next!

[andyo]

That is a great shot as olly said "incredible depth" The elephants trunk is just a very small part of this there is so much going on in this image

[laser_jock99]

Wow- I'm sold on Takahashi now (just need the cash!!)

[OutThereSomewhere]

That's a very inspiring shot!

[Hytham]

Thanks everyone. I love widefield imaging as it gives me a whole new perspective on relative size of these objects and how they all connect to one another through our skies.

As an fyi, this was taken with the .73x reducer giving me a fov of 5.45 x 5.45 degreees at 4.79" per pixel. The large CCD combined with the Tak is a great combo for widefield imaging.

[wxsatuser]

Thats so sweet. :icon_salut:

[Sam]

A very nice image.

[Sp@ce_d]

Cracking image. Oh dear.. those Astrodon's keep calling out to me..

[sabin_fota]

i like this widefield, lot of signal and details

keep up!

[Dave Smith]

That is a fantastic image. I'm hoping to have a go at this at the coming Kelling Star party but just with a 12nm Ha filter and a DSLR so cannot hope to get the quality of your image.

Dave

[tich]

Cracking image I just love the FOV.