ic1396 -elephant's trunk in Ha

[theoatc]

 IC 1396 nebula region.Distance from earth 2400 l.y. 
HA (Hydrogen ) filter capture).
Atik infinity one color shot ,uncooled.ccd camera. Filter baader HA 7 nm.
4 Panels mosaic. Each panel 100x150 sec exp. Total integration time 16.6 hrs .
Telescope ed 80 black diamond,meade focal reducer 0,63 ,on eq 6 r pro eq mount.
Guide scope ts optics guide scope 60 mm ,guide camera zwo asi 120 mc.
Software used: Sequence generator pro for data capture, phd2 for guiding ,deepskystacker for stacking , ps 6 for post process.
Location Ioannina,Greece at my lightpolluted balcony
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[dpaul]

Hi Theo,

There is a lot more hidden data in this 'excellent' image that is not shown in your picture. I did a histogram stretch on your image using PIXINSIGHT (but any other simple stretching in other software would be good too). - see attached.


Regards

David

[theoatc]

Thanks for the help . But ,my original tiff is way better as well , when it compressed down to jpg , it goes black ..Something is wrong ,when i try to save it .. Thanks again for stretching it ..

[theoatc]

Hi Theo,

There is a lot more hidden data in this 'excellent' image that is not shown in your picture. I did a histogram stretch on your image using PIXINSIGHT (but any other simple stretching in other software would be good too). - see attached.


Regards

David

Reuploaded with much better stretch.. Thanks again for notifying.. Still learning

[bwa]

Very nice capture!

bwa