IC 1396 – The Elephant Trunk Nebula with a real small telescope

by Nikguy

Objects in field: IC 1396, Erakis (μ Cep), The star The Garnet Star

Equipment: Askar SQA60 Pro, ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

Integration: 5h 10m

Another test image with the new Askar SQA60 Pro , captured to evaluate its performance on emission nebulae. The data was acquired using 3 nm narrowband filters and processed as an HOO composition from Hα and OIII. Exposure data: Hα: 25 × 300 s OIII: 25 × 300 s Total integration time: 4 h 10 min 📸 Image 1 shows the full field of IC 1396, while Image 2 is a close-up of the Elephant Trunk ,…