The Elephant's Trunk Nebula

[kbrown]

During the recent spells of clear skies I had the opportunity to image the Elephant's Trunk Nebula in our back garden.

It is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away.

This image is a total of about 20.5 hours of exposure using Ha, OIII, SII and Hb filters. The channel combination is a bit unorthodox but it's loosely following the Hubble Space Telescope (SHO) palette.

Considering the light pollution levels I'm in (Bortle class 8), I'm pretty pleased with the outcome.

[astro mick]

Considering your skies,thats a great result,well done.

Mick.

[simmo39]

Brilliant!