Galactic Nebula IC 1396
Galactic Nebula IC 1396: In the bright summer Milky Way there is the constellation of Cepheus(next to Cygnus). In there Galactic Nebula IC 1396 is a very extended emission nebula consisting of clouds of gas and dust. Star generation is going on all over the place in there. A very interesting area you find in the lower central part, the so called Elephant Trunk Nebula. This is a cometary nebula, which denotes star nurseries where stars are about to appear from their surrounding dust veils while others are still hidden.
The image is made up as a composite combining exposures from a narrow-band hydrogen line and from a LPS filter.
Object |
Galactic Nebula IC 1396 |
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Catagory |
Nebulae |
Designation |
IC 1396 |
Constellation |
Cepheus |
Optics |
TMB 80 f/6 x 0.8 Tele Vue Reducer/Flattener |
Camera |
QHY8/ALccd 6c |
Exposure |
33 x 5min, IDAS LPS filter, 8 x 10min Astronomik Ha filter, Maxim DL for image acquisition |
Calibration |
No Dark- and Flat Frame |
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Guiding |
Meade DSI Pro II and TMB 130 as Guide Scope, Guiding Software: Maxim DL |
Mount |
Astro-Physics 900 GTO |
Processing |
ImagesPlus, Neat Image, Photoshop |
Location, Date |
Eningen, Germany - 25 July+8 Aug 2007 |
Remark |
Color Coding is L(Ha),R(Ha+R-LPS),GB(LPS) |
