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Astronomy => Astrophotography => Topic started by: garrick on Sep 15, 2021, 13:29:59

Title: IC1396 The Elephant (and the Duck) Nebulae
Post by: garrick on Sep 15, 2021, 13:29:59
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51479073894_e5f573a25b_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mr2Hay)The_Elephant_and_Duck_OAS (https://flic.kr/p/2mr2Hay) by AMG Walles (https://www.flickr.com/photos/193932661@N04/), on Flickr

I've taken an artistic liberty with the duck. Hopefully you can see the ducks bill.

This has not been posted on Astrobin as yet, but the basic technical data is listed below:

Telescope: William Optics GT71 Field Flatter and Reducer 0.8

Camera: ASI533 OSC

Filter: Optolong L'Enhance

Integration Time:  145 subs @ 180 seconds = 7.25 hours

Sidcup July 2020 (Over several days)

All my processing is done in Pixinsight.

Clear Skies
Title: Re: IC1396 The Elephant (and the Duck) Nebulae
Post by: Carole on Sep 15, 2021, 16:14:20
Very nice Garrick, but not sure I can see a duck.

Carole
Title: Re: IC1396 The Elephant (and the Duck) Nebulae
Post by: Roberto on Sep 15, 2021, 17:24:47
Excellent Garrick!  Very good framing and top processing.  Glad to see another PxI user  ;)

Roberto
Title: Re: IC1396 The Elephant (and the Duck) Nebulae
Post by: MarkS on Sep 15, 2021, 17:29:40
That's an excellent result.  Nicely processed with plenty of detail!

A cracking image for Sidcup!

Mark
Title: Re: IC1396 The Elephant (and the Duck) Nebulae
Post by: ApophisAstros on Sep 15, 2021, 21:58:29
Like that a lot just dipped my feet in Pixinsight myself seems hard going though.
Roger