Elephant Trunk Nebula

[Gerr]

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396) in the constellation Cepheus is approx. 2400 light years away and is ideally positioned for imaging in the current night sky. This region is ionised by a massive star (HD 206267) which is responsible for illuminating the nebula which itself is thought to be a site of star formation and about 20 light years in size.

I hoped to get several hours of imaging but only managed 64minutes before a problematic meridian flip and clouds stopped my session.

Lights: 16 x 240secs       Telescope: SW200P      Camera: Canon 650D (astro modded)    Filter: Optolong L-eNhance

Processing: DSS and Photoshop CS2

Hope you like.

Gerr.

IC1396 Aug2021.tif

 

Edited August 30, 2021 by Gerr

[Gerr]

This is the Jpeg image!