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Giancarlo Erra Astrophotography - Norwich, Norfolk, UK

Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

A dark column of dust curls into blue-green and copper-coloured gas in IC 1396 in Cepheus. Photographed with the DWARFLAB Mini in equatorial mode over about eight and a half hours of 90-second exposures, then processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.

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Category
Deep sky
Object
IC 1396 (Elephant Trunk Nebula)
Position
RA 324.745 deg, Dec 57.5139 deg (ICRS J2000)
Equipment
DWARFLAB Mini, equatorial mode · DWARFLAB hydraulic tripod · 90-second exposures, gain 60, DUO + ASTRO filters · PixInsight – Photoshop