IC1396

Name: Eric Africa Date of photo: July 30, 2005 Description (title) of the image: "Elephant Trunk" region in IC1396 Relevant photo information: Imaging details: Takahashi FS102 Astro-Physics 0.67 Telecompressor Takahashi EM200 mount Imaging camera: SBIG ST-8XE CFW-8a filter wheel with Custom Scientific 4.5 nm H-alpha filter Guide scope: Borg 76ED Guide Camera: SBIG ST-7E Robin Casady 14" Tandem Bar Exposures (H-alpha): 8 x 20 minutes Calibrated in CCDSoft Combined in MaximDL 2 iterations of Lucy-Richardson deconvolution in CCDSharp Levels and Curves in Photoshop CS Noise Ninja applied to a copy of the image The noise-reduced image applied to the original in Lighten mode at 70% opacity in Photoshop Haloes around bright stars repaired in Photoshop