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IC 1396 Hubble color mapping

This wide field image shows the vast IC 1396 nebula in which the Elephant trunk is just a small part of it.
This image is mapped in Hubble color scheme - S2 for Red, Ha for Green and O3 for Blue producing this artificial color image.
The majority of the nebula is Hydrogen gas - seen as Brownish yellow.

At the upper left part of the image is a rarely imaged obscure emission nebula catalogued as DA 568

This is a single frame covering about 3X3 degrees of the sky.

Please look at the "Original" resolution app' 4564X3664 pixels

Ha - 10 hrs @ Bin 1
S2,O3 180 min @ Bin 2
RGB - 30 min each @ Bin2

Total about 17.5 HRS


Takahashy FSQ 106 with reducer
ASA DDM 60 mount (NO guiding...)

Moravian G3 16200 camera
Baader filters

Imaged from my home in Gan-Yavne, ISRAEL

Moravian Instruments,G3-16200
full exif

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