I took a stunning image of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
Less than 1 minute
Minutes
I would like to share this image of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC1396) acquired on September 2, 2024 from my backyard and my 80mm apochromatic refractor.
Sky conditions were excellent, and guiding was flawless, with an unusually good seeing, and the RMS was consistently around 0.5.
I played with the colors with the “Narrowband Normalization Tool” in PixInsight to increase the contrast and make this HOO version.
The total integration time was 51 minutes (17×3 minutes subs).
Setup
Date: 2024-09-02
Location: My backyard in Richmond Hill, ON
Scope: Explore Scientific ED80 CF
Location: My backyard in Richmond Hill, ON
Scope: Explore Scientific ED80 CF
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC PRO (cooled at -10 °C)
Filters: Optolong L-eXtreme 2″
Mount: Celestron AVX
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI224MC, IR-Cut filter, PHD2
Guide Scope: Orion Deluxe Mini 50mm Guide Scope
Mount: Celestron AVX
Guiding camera: ZWO ASI224MC, IR-Cut filter, PHD2
Guide Scope: Orion Deluxe Mini 50mm Guide Scope
Software: ASIAIR Plus, PixInsight, BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, GIMP
Total integration time: 51 minutes (17×180 secs.)
Calibration frames: 20 dark, 10 flat, 100 bias
Total integration time: 51 minutes (17×180 secs.)
Calibration frames: 20 dark, 10 flat, 100 bias
