Circumpolar
Description: Bright Nebula
Common Name: Elephant Trunk
Messier Catalogue: N/A
NGC: N/A
IC: 1396
Sharpless: N/A
Constellation: Cepheus
Size: 170.0 x 140.0 Arc Mins
Visual Magnitude: +5.59
Distance: 2,400 Light Years
Elephant Trunk
Nebula
The
Elephant
Nebula
hangs
off
the
end
of
the
Cepheus
Constellation.
The
Nebula
protrudes
from
the
Garnet
Star
which
is
found
to
the
south
of
Alderamin
which
is
the
top
right hand star of Cepheus.
Date Taken: 25/05/2020
Image Type: Hydrogen Alpha
Dark Site?:
No - Garden
Telescope: Altair StarWave 70ED
Diameter: 70mm
Focal Length: 420mm
Reducer/Flattener?: Flattener/reducer
Mount Control: Voyo Mini Windows PC
Mount: iEXOS 100 PMC-Eight
Guided?: Yes
Guiding Software: PHD2
Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Filter: Hydrogen Alpha 7nm
ISO: 800
Video: N/A
Light Frames: 7 x 20 Minutes
Dark Frames: 4 x 20 Minutes
Bias Frames: N/A
Flat Frames: 30
Capture Program: APT
Stacking program: DeepSkyStacker
Post Processing: PhotoShop CS3
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