IC 1396 Elephant's trunk

[jacko61]

My first look at this target on Friday night. Just over 2 1/4 hours of reasonable dark before the clouds started to roll in. Also the first time I've used an Optolong L-Enhance filter - I was surprised at how red all my subs were.  It took a lot of faffing in Startools to tone the colours down a bit but I'm happy enough with this first attempt although I think I should have moved it further up the frame to get more of the bottom bits in. 

Altair 150/1200 EDF reduced to 960mm.  Zwo ASI533MC pro.  Skywatcher EQ8R pro.

45 X 180 second subs plus Darks, flats and dark flats.  Processed in DSS, Startools and a final sharpen in GIMP.

Graeme

 

[maw lod qan]

Amazing!