Wallpaper author:
Jan Scheers
05 Jun 2021
IC 1396 and the Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Widefield view of the IC1396 nebula containing the Elephant's Trunk in SHO Hubble palette.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.
Image captured with SPA-1 (Takahashi FSQ106 ED refractor). Data from 3 one-click observations.
Total integration time 240 minutes.
8 subs of 600s with the 3 narrowband filters (SII, H-alpha and OIII)
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 1396
8 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 324.2792 Dec 57.5
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................10 Jun 2022 - 03 Dec 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 4h | 24 |
| SII | 626 | 4h | 23 |
| OIII | 574 | 3h40m | 23 |