IC 1396

[Scott]

Around 2.5 hrs 300sec @ asa800 +darks +flats modded 1100d + cls clip filter Altair astro 60mm lightwave triplet

Nr full moon but I'm reasonably happy for such limited exp time

elephantcrop proc1 by Scott Prideaux 1961, on Flickr

elephant proc1 by Scott Prideaux 1961, on Flickr

Thanks for looking

[oldpink]

great shots

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Very nice

[Uranium235]

Looks great, a good field and youve got quite a lot of Ha for short(ish) subs. IC1396 will hang around for quite some time to come, so plenty of time for top ups.

[x6gas]

Yup very nice - though you've got the elephant standing on his head (your Aussie connections?!)

You might be able to calm the halo on the Garnet star (least I think that's what it is - bottom left of the widefield image?) down a bit.  If you place a version of the image that has been less aggressively stretched - before the halo really comes out - below the fully stretched version.  Then put a show all layer mask on the fully stretched image paint a black circle on the mask to cover the halo and then use brightness and contrast to adjust the background of the less aggressively stretched version so that it matches the fully stretched layer.  A bit of blurring of the mask for a smooth transition and this can work quite well...