IC 1396 (Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus)

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Date: August, 2010
Location: Elizabeth, CO. Mag 5.5 skies, alt ~6500 ft
Telescopes:

16" f/4.9 Newtonian, Pegasus Optics primary

6" f/4.4 Newtonian, Parks primary

Mount: Mathis Instruments MI-500 w/ Astrophysics AP1200 GOTO computer control
Exposure Duration: 

Luminance = 16", 120 min, -15 deg C

Color = 6", 120 min, -15 deg C, concurrently collected

Imagers:

Luminance: SBIG STL-11000M

Color: SBIG 4000XCM

Filtration:

16"/STL: Custom Scientific luminance filter

6"/4000XCM: IR blocking filter

Seeing: ~2"
 Comments: Processed using Maxim, Registar, CCDStack and PhotoPaint X4


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