IC 1396 · ELEPHANT'S TRUNK SEP 2025
§ DEEP-SKY · TARGET
IC 1396
Elephant's Trunk
- TYPE
- Emission nebula + globule
- CONSTELLATION
- Cepheus
- DISTANCE
- 2,400 ly
- MAGNITUDE
- +3.5
- APPARENT SIZE
- 170' × 140'
ACQUISITION
DATE
Sep 2025
LOCATION
Columbus, OH · Bortle 5
INTEGRATION
~9h
PALETTE
HOO
FILTERS
Antlia ALP-T
A dense globule of dust and gas within the larger IC 1396 complex, backlit by ionized hydrogen from HD 206267. The trunk is actively forming stars.
§ 01 · PROCESSING
Workflow
- Stacked in PixInsight (WBPP) with calibration frames
- StarXTerminator star removal
- BlurXTerminator deconvolution
- NoiseXTerminator noise reduction
§ 02 · GEAR
Equipment
- SCOPE
- 3D-printed 114mm f/4 Newtonian astrograph
- CAMERA
- ASI533MC Pro
- MOUNT
- Proxisky Umis20s
- FILTERS
- Antlia ALP-T
- GUIDING
- SVBony 60mm guide scope · 22mm mini guide cam · PHD2