IC1396 in Cepheus The Elephant Trunk Nebula

[petershah]

Great night last night which is quite rare here in the U.K. Managed to get just enough for this one. I let it pass the meridian with less than an inch to spare before fouling the mount. I was going to do a meridian flip and carry on but the haze came in so I parked the scope and called it a night. I think the noise levels are acceptable and will probably shelve this data and move onto something else.
I used very loose G2V exposure weights for the RGB, Exposure times were 5x600in Red 5x420 in Green 5x560 in Blue and 2x1800 in Ha
Thanks for looking :thumbsup:

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/EoG4zJvFffln_1824x0_wmhqkGbg.jpg

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Hprhc6Zo7RWs_1824x0_wmhqkGbg.jpg

[Bart]

Nice! We don't often see that one here! Great colour!

[Atmos]

It’s not a huge amount of data but you’ve captured them brilliantly Peter :thumbsup:

[RickS]

Looks great, Peter. I've done this in NB a couple of times using remote data but it does look very cool in HaRGB :thumbsup:

[Ross G]

A great looking photo Peter.


Very sharp and detailed with nice colour.


I like your composition.


Ross.

[strongmanmike]

Lovely image that Pete :thumbsup:

Mike

[petershah]

Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment
It's one of those objects that really works in the HST pallet...

[Ryderscope]

Quite unusual and very striking Peter

[skysurfer]

A really nice photo of such a faint object !

I took i a few years ago with my Canon 6D (unmod) plus UHC filter and the red nebula was clearly visible.

[Placidus]

You've done a lovely job integrating the H-alpha with the RGB.

A very visually pleasing image.

We can't see this one from AU even if we stand on tip-toe.

[petershah]

Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment...
Thank you There are plenty of objects in your beautiful Southern skies that I cant see either...even if I stand on my head....I will visit one day and I hear the skies down there are just legendary


Not easy to do with an unmoded DSLR, Its mostly imaged in narrow band, not as many RGB shots which is a shame because it has a lovely pink hue to it with such rich star colour in the field

[markas]

Great image!


Mark