IC1396 in Cepheus The Elephant Trunk Nebula

[petershah (Peter Shah)]

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

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/EoG4...0_wmhqkGbg.jpg

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Hprh...0_wmhqkGbg.jpg

[Bart]

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

[Atmos (Colin)]

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

[RickS (Rick)]

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

[Ross G]

A great looking photo Peter.


Very sharp and detailed with nice colour.


I like your composition.


Ross.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Lovely image that Pete

Mike

[petershah (Peter Shah)]

Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment

Originally Posted by 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

It's one of those objects that really works in the HST pallet...

[Ryderscope (Rodney)]

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 (Mike and Trish)]

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 (Peter Shah)]

Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment...

Originally Posted by 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.

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

Originally Posted by 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.

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 (Mark)]

Great image!


Mark