My Astrophotography – IC 1396A (Elephant’s Truck)

IC 1396A (Elephant’s Truck Nebula)

• The red glow is H‑alpha emission from ionised hydrogen.
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• Dark globule inside emission nebula ~ The Elephant’s Trunk (IC 1396A) itself does not have a defined single magnitude because it is a dark globule embedded in an emission nebula.
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• The larger region IC 1396 nebula has an apparent magnitude of +5.6.

• Object Name
  IC 1396A

• Object Type
  Dark globule inside emission nebula

• Constellation
  Cepeus

• Magnitude
  n/a

• Distance
  2,450 light-years

• Annotate

Telescope:

Mount:

Accessory:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI2600MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong eNchance

• Date:
  Saturday 14th October 2023
  

• Moonlit:
  Waxing Crescent 0.8 days old
  Magnitude: -3.0
  Moonlit: 5%

• Total:
  180’s x 22 subs = 1 hour 6 minutes

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IC 1396A

Elephant’s Truck Nebula

Dark globule inside emission nebula

n/a

2,450 light years / 25 light years long

Cap (Cephus / The Cepheus King)

21h 35m 37s

+57° 24′ 03″

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