IC1396 "Elephant's Trunk"

Posted: Aug 25th, 2026

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Telescope/Lens: Samyang 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC

Camera: ZWO ASI 533MC Pro

Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi

Guide Scope: svbony sv165

Guide Camera: zwo asi662mc

Software: Siril, pixinsight,PS

Accessories: asiair mini

Exposure:

54 x 300" ISO/Gain: 100 - LAIDA dual band Ha OIII 7нм

Green, Bortle 4 zone:

Kichmengskiy Gorodok Vologodskaya Oblast, Россия

4 h 30 m

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Balanced the background, reduced the intensity in the oxygen channel, now I need to learn how to work with noise using the available tools.

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IC1396"Хобот слона"

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Balanced the background, reduced the intensity in the oxygen channel, now I need to learn how to work with noise using the available tools.

IC1396"Хобот слона"

23 Aug, 2026

4 h 15 m

Continuing to learn processing. This time I stacked in Siril with extraction of hydrogen and oxygen channels, then separated the stars in PixInsight, stretched…

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