Elephant Trunk Nebula - IC 1396a & vdB 142
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| Photographer | Wes Stauffer |
| Optics | Takahashi TOA - 130F with Flattener |
| Mount | Paramount ME |
| Guiding | Takahashi FS-60C with STL External Guide Head |
| Camera | SBIG STL 11000M |
| Filters | Astrodon SII, Ha, OIII |
| Dates/Times | Acquisition July 10-18, 2007 - Processed August 6-13, 2007 |
| Location | Tiburon, CA |
| Exposure Details | SII - Ha - OIII - 510 x 360 x 510 (30 Minute Subs) |
| Acquisition | CCDSoft 5 and The Sky 6 Controlled via CCDAutopilot 3 |
| Processing | CCDStack, Photoshop CS2 |
| Notes | The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) is an
elongated globule residing within the larger IC 1396 nebula in Cepheus. The small blue reflection nebula in the
top of the trunk is vdB 142.
Located 2,450 light-years from Earth, the nebula is shown here in narrowband utilizing 23 hours of data mapped to the Hubble palette where SII is assigned to red, H-alpha to green, OIII to blue. |
