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IC1396 and the Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdb142) HaRGB
8/2/08

IC1396 and the Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdb142) HaRGB

Canoe Creek State Park, Hollidaysburg, PA USA

Target: IC1396
Imaging Scope: Stellarvue SV66ED w/WO 0.8x Reducer/flattener @ f/4.6
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-G (EQMOD)
Imager: SBIG ST-2000XM
Guiding: Meade DSI Pro through a Meade 60mm f/11 scope (2 second guide exposures)
Software: acquisition - MaxIm DL, post processing - CCDSoft, AstroArt & Adobe Photoshop
Exposure Information: 12 x 10 minutes (Astronomik 14nm Ha Filter) 1 x 10 minutes (RGB), Flat fields and dark frames applied.
Comments: First Ha image. Wind was quite gusty at times. Perform DDP in AstroArt and a histogram stretch in Adobe Photoshop. I'm still working on getting the right spacing with the WO reducer/flattener. I need to buy some spacers. This one was using a 30mm spacer.

SBIG ST-2000XM,Stellarvue SV66ED

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