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Photographer:

Gary Thompson

Location of Photo:

Johnsonburg, PA USA

Date/Time of photo:

9-11-2024

Equipment:

Celestron se8 , ZWO asi294mc-pro camera

Description:

The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration os interstellar gas and dust within a larger ionized gas region. IC 1396 is in the constellation Cepheus about 2400 light years away. I used a Celestron se8 with a 6.3 focal reducer/ field flattner and a 7nm dual band filter. The camera was a zwoasi294 mc-pro using 4 min. subs with 3 1/2 hours of tatal exposure.