IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula in Ha


Details

IC 1396 in hydrogen alpha narrowband. This nebula 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
SBIG ST8300

Filters
Astronomik Ha

Integration Time
9x1200s

Date
31st August 2010

Conditions
Good Sky Conditions

Remarks
My first Narrowband CCD Image

Object Details

Type of Object
Emission Nebula, Dark Nebula, Open Cluster

Constellation
Cepheus

Location
Eifel Nationalpark