| OBJECT |
Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396 (top image is reduced-size | other sizes: medium , original) Bottom image is an "Ha-only" view Distance: 3,000 light years |
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| Telescope | Takahashi FS-60C @ f/6.2 | |
| Mount | Takahashi EM200 Temma II | |
| Camera | QSI 540wsg @ -10C | |
| Filters | Astrodon Ha (3nm), Astrodon Tru-Balance I-Series LRGB Gen 2 | |
| Guider | SX Lodestar | |
| Settings | 9x20min Ha, 4x5min L (bin1x1); 4x5min ea RGB (bin2x2); AstroArt5, CS4 (slightly cropped, 10xdarks/flats/fdarks/bias) | |
| Date/Location Notes |
13 October 2015 - Las Cruces, NM Published as Astronomy Magazine Picture of the Day, 11 Feb 16 (screenshot). This image is LHaRGB, including 3 hours of Ha data, where Ha was used in combination with Luminance and Ha:R (80:20) was used for the Red channel. |
