IC 1396 - The Elephant Trunk Nebula - a large concentration of Hydrogen emission region in Cepheus. The area of the nebula, shown at the right, looks much like the trunk of an Elephant thus the name. It's a large dense region of Hydrogen being ionized by stars in the aftermath of a major supernova event.26 x 180s @ ISO 1600 - f/6
Canon 350D Hα modified (w/type II spectrum enhanced filter)
AT66 ED APO (Imaging)
C8 (guiding)
CGEM (mounting)
PHD, SSAG (guiding)
DSS, CS4, Gimp 2.6 (processing)
Data acquired on 06.08-09.2010 - 21:00 -00:15 - mb