IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula


Details

IC 1396 is a HII emission nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. The feature that is most prominent in this picture is a tower of gas and dust, called Elephant Trunk. This feature is cataloged as IC1396A.


Image Details

Telescope Optics
TMB 80/600 at 510mm

Mount
Alt AD6 + Koch FS2

Camera
Canon EOS 350D(a)

Filters
Internal Bayer Matrix

Integration Time
10x600s ISO800

Date
20th July 2010

Conditions
Good Sky Conditions

Remarks
My last image with my Canon 350D

Object Details

Type of Object
Emission Nebula, Dark Nebula, Open Cluster

Constellation
Cepheus

Location
Eifel Nationalpark