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IC1396 The Elephants trunk dark nebula
Taken while the weather was clearish.

9 x 10 min, 7 guided phd Atik16IS on the Celestron C9.29@f10 (2350mm) and 2 unguided - I stopped because of trailed stars caused by what I suspect is mirror movement.  Strangely the unguided shots had the rounder stars !

Link-words: Nebula

IC1396 The Elephants trunk dark nebula

Taken while the weather was clearish.

9 x 10 min, 7 guided phd Atik16IS on the Celestron C9.29@f10 (2350mm) and 2 unguided - I stopped because of trailed stars caused by what I suspect is mirror movement. Strangely the unguided shots had the rounder stars !

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File information
Filename:Group1-SDStack-LP.jpg
Album name:RobertM / Nebulae
Rating (2 votes):22222
Link-words:Nebula
Image date, time and location:August 14 2008 at 22:00 at home in Orpington
Telescope aperture and focal ratio:Sky 90 @ f4.5
Camera and filters used:SXV-H9 bin 1x1 and Astronomik 13nm Ha
Processing applied:SD Stacked and Low Pass filtered in MaximDL + Levels and curves in PS
Filesize:1113 KiB
Date added:Aug 15, 2008
Dimensions:1392 x 1040 pixels
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