The Elephants Trunk Nebula

[Graeme]

From the 19th December. I was going to go for the conjunction but although I could see it, the telescope was too low! So I grabbed some lunar shots and this instead.

9.25" SCT telescope, ZWO ASI294MC camera. 30 x 240 second exposures captured in NINA at 125 gain -10°C. Lost the connection to the mount during the last capture.
But was still able to get a sequence of 10 x darks and then used the NINA Flat Wizard to get 20 x flats, 20 x dark flats.

24 usable light frames stacked in Deep Sky Stacker. .fit file processed in Gimp.

Elephants Trunk Nebula.jpg

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.

And, not showing off or anything, but: https://theskysearchers.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=15458

Regards

Graeme

[HansV]

That's an excellent photo! A well-deserved award!

[Graeme]

Cheers Hans

The Emission Nebula that it is part of is really nice, but really big too!

Regards

Graeme

[ChrisGreaves]

And, not showing off or anything, but: https://theskysearchers.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=15458

Graeme!
Congratulations on becoming a star!
Chris

[Graeme]

Thanks Chris.

Congratulations on becoming a concentration of interstellar gas hasn't quite got the same ring to it!

Regards

Graeme

[HansV]

You mean you wanted to become Saturnus?

[Graeme]

Sorry Hans, no, I never liked Death Metal, I was always more of a Classic Rock fan!

Regards

Graeme

[ChrisGreaves]

Congratulations on becoming a concentration of interstellar gas hasn't quite got the same ring to it!

Get With The Program, Graeme.

Instead of being about 70% H₂O like the rest of us commoners,
                                                             you are 99% pure H!
                                                            
                                                             STELLAR MATERIAL indeed.

And it's not every Smiley that has a Graeme named after it!!!
Cheers
Chris

[Graeme]

And it's not every Smiley that has a Graeme named after it!!![/size]

[StuartR]

Wow! What an achievement. Nice photo too.

[BobH]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful, nay, stellar - photography.

[Graeme]

Wow! What an achievement. Nice photo too.

Thanks Stuart

Thanks for sharing your wonderful, nay, stellar - photography.

My pleasure!

Regards

Graeme

[PJ_in_FL]

Very nice!

Thanks for taking the effort to put it all together and share it with us.

And congrats on the APOD!!!

[Graeme]

Cheers PJ

Regards

Graeme