Van den Berg 142 aka "The Elephant Trunk "
in IC 1396

RGB components acquired under dark skies at the Tennessee Star Party on October 6, 2002.
Hydrogen- alpha luminance data  acquired from my driveway in suburban west Knoxville earlier in September.
Luminance= Ha ( RGB) = ( 320: 15:15:30 ) minutes

Takahashi FSQ 106 /AP 1200 GTO / SBIG ST 10 XME / CFW-8a

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Hydrogen alpha luminance image used in this composite

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