The Elephant Trunk Nebula - VDB 142/IC1396A
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Date: 7/29/2006
Location: Ada, MI
Optics: 10" f/5 Certified DSO Newtonian w/ MPCC coma corrector
Mount: Tak NJP
Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H16
Exposure: L=44*3min L filter unbinned(132 min). RGB taken from 8/1/05 image
Note: Captured, flat, dark and bias calibrated, aligned, SDMask combined in MaximDL. Luminance Layering and Final Processing in PS CS2.