Elephant´s Trunk Nebula - 5 hours

[MartinFransson]

Managed to catch 5 hours on IC1396 the other night. Kept all of my subs for stacking but I might scan them a bit closer and do a restack because I think some of them were a bit hazy from dew on the secondary.

Anyway, I´m really pleased with this one. Didn´t think I´d get this result with my DSLR

12*60s
32*300s
16*480s

Canon EOS 550D (astromod.)
Skywatcher 150-PDS
HEQ5 Pro Synscan
Orion MMAG

Could have worked it even harder but wanted to keep the look somewhat natural. I might do a separate stack of the 60s-subs and blend that in for the stars.

Hope you like it! Make sure you click up the high res version!

Edited September 6, 2016 by MartinFransson

[peter shah]

lovely shot, superb colour balance, I just love the subtle greys in the trunk itself

[Knighty2112]

Nice work. Well done!  

[orion25]

Beautiful colors and textures! 

 

Reggie

[andyo]

Really nice shot 

[wimvb]

Nice! The full size shows remarkable detail.

[MartinFransson]

Thank you for your kind comments!