IC 1396

[Hughsie]

IC 1396 brings to a close my tour of the region of Cepheus and Cassiopeia for 2020. Having previously captured NGC 7023 (Iris Nebula), NGC 281 (Pacman Nebula) and NGC 7380 (Wizard Nebula), IC1396 represented the most difficult challenge for processing as the nebulosity covers the whole image.

Presented in the Hubble Palette (SHO), this image is made up of 5 minutes subs in Hydrogen Alpha (55 images), Oxygen 3 (59) and Sulphur 2 (58) with a total integration time of 14 hours. The images were captured using Chroma 1.25” 3nm filters and the ZWO ASI1600mm pro cool camera set at a gain of 139 and offset of 30.

Other equipment included;

• William Optics Z103 refractor and field flattener.
• SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro mount.
• Sesto Senso motor focuser.
• ZWO 8 position EFW.
• Pegasus Power Box.
• William Optics 50mm guidescope and ASI290mm mini guide camera.
• PHD2.
• Sequence Generator Pro.
• PixInsight.

Thank you for checking in.

John

Edited September 27, 2020 by Hughsie

[Hughsie]

For those who haven't seen any of my recent posts, I am during these cloudy days revisiting data from previous imaging sessions armed with RC Astro BlurXterminator, NoiseXterminator and StarXterminator along with GraXpert and new approaches to processing in PixInsight. Amazing tools.

So, that being said, here is the same data above rerun today using these tools.