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IC1396, The Elephant Trunk Nebula

 

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Date:  07/23, 07/26/2011

Location:  4Domes Observatory

Telescope:  TMB130SS @ f/4.7

Mount:  AP-1200

Camera:  QSI-583WSG

Guiding:  Maxim DL w/ Starlight Xpress Lodestar Off Axis

LRGB Combine Exposures:

Ha - 15 x 1200 seconds, Bin 1x1 (5 hours total)

Luminance - 10x600 Seconds, Bin 1x1 (1.6 hours)

Red - 5x600 Seconds, Bin 1x1

Green - 5x600 Seconds, Bin 1x1

Blue - 5x600 Seconds, Bin 1x1
Post Processing:

ImagesPlus:  Calibration, align and combine, digital development

Photoshop CS4:  Luminance, color combine, levels, curves, lab color enhancement

NeatImage:  Noise reduction

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