IC1396 is a large dim emission nebula which is located in Cepheus. It cover an area of six square degrees, and can be recorded entirely on a 35mm. frame with a focal of nearly 400mm. A lot of black globules are visible on long exposure images. One of this (named VDB142) is often called "The Elephant Trunk".

Exposure : mosaic of two 55 min. positive scanned with Minolta ScanDual III, aligned with Registar 1.0 and enhanced with Photoshop 6.0


Telescope : Takahashi FS-102 at F/6 with focal reducer on a Losmandy G11


Guiding : ST4 on a Vixen 80/910mm.


Film : unhypered Kodak Ektachrome E200 Professional developed at 400 ISO


Location : Piano di Nivolet (Val d'Aosta) - 2600mt. height


Date : August 08, 2002

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