- Description: IC1396 is a rather large but faint emission nebula at the south
end of Cepheus, the king. Lots of dark nebula can be seen across the face and coming in from
the bottom edge is IC1396A, also known as the "Elephant Trunk" nebula. The bright star is
magnitude 3.5 mu Cepheus, also known as the "Garnet Star". Embedded in the nebula is open
star cluster Trumpler 37 containing about 50 stars.
The small red dot in the lower left is planetary nebula SH2-128, also known as
Abell 77. Small at 76 x 49 arc seconds, magnitude 16.4.
The low number of exposures in blue and green is due to the guide star fading out.
- Camera: SBIG ST-10XME at -20C
- Filters: AstroDon 6nm Hydrogen-alpha filter and Gen 1 RGB set.
- Scope: RedCat 51XL refractor at f4.9
- Mount: SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro
- Exposure: 6 x 10 minutes H-alpha, 6 x 3 min blue, 9 x 3 min green, 11 x 3 min red.
- Location: S.W. of High River, Alberta
- Date: September 16th, 2023
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