IC1396 / vdB142 (Elephant's Trunk nebula)

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Description

The dark nebula vdB142 is embedded into the HII region. Constellation Cepheus, diameter of the HII region is 50'.

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Date

August, 4 & 12 & 13 & 24, 2007

Telescope

Pentax 75 SDHF @f/6.7 (f=500mm), Losmandy G11 mount, FS2 drive unit

CCD Camera

ST-2000XM at -15°C

Exposure

Hα exposures with different telescopes. Upper image: 17x600s (1x1) with Pentax 75SDHF + 28x600s (1x1) with VC200L. Total exposure time 9h10m. Lower image: 17x600s with Pentax 75SDHF

Localisation

Hofheim / Rhein-Main area

Conditions

Good conditions, light pollution

Note

 

Image Processing

RC, processing with MaxIm and Photoshop