IC1396

Emission Nebula

Constellation- Cepheus

 

 

Right Ascension: 21h  39m 0 s

Declination: 57° 29' 24"

Distance:  2400 light years

Visual Brightness: mag

Apparent Dimension:   ~300 arc minutes

 

 

 

Image information-

Date taken- August 23, 2005

Telescope/Focal length/Camera/Temperature- C11 OTA @ f/6.8, ST-8XE NABG @ -20C, autoguided with PHD 2.5 or internal guide chip

Integrations-  LRGB, L = x seconds binned 2x2, RGB = x seconds each binned 2x2

Processing- Flats and darks in CCDSoft, aligned, combined, and processed  in CCDSoft and Photoshop CS5