Found in the constellation Cepheus
The Elephant Trunk Nebula - IC1396
(open cluster with associated nebulosity) and vdB142 (the elephant
trunk that gives this object its name)
Apogee U16M camera w 5nm Astrodon GenII H-Alpha filter
Takahashi FSQ Refractor w Robofocus
25 x 10 min H-Alpha
5 x 5 min RGB
Paramount ME guided w ST-402 and eFinder
Image acquisition in CCDSoft5
Calibration, Alignment and Sigma Reject combine in Maxim
Levels, Curves, selective sharpening and some minor noise reduction in
PS CS4
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to see a close-up of the Elephant Trunk taken with my AP155EDF and
ST10XME
Click HERE to see a close-up of the Elephant Trunk taken with my FSQ and STL11000
Flesherton, Ontario
July 3 and 17, 2010