# Elephant's Trunk Nebula, IC 1396A

- By: Chuck Ayoub
- Date: 2019-09-01
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant%27s_Trunk_Nebula,_IC_1396A.png)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Elephant%27s_Trunk_Nebula%2C_IC_1396A.png/1920px-Elephant%27s_Trunk_Nebula%2C_IC_1396A.png
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Elephant's Trunk in classic Hubble Palette (Ha/OIII/SII) by amateur astronomer Chuck Ayoub. Selected as NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day on August 16, 2019.

Target:

Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

Imaging Telescope:

Explore Scientific 127mm ED Refractor (952 focal length)

Focuser:

MoonLite 2.5" Focuser with Motor Auto-Focus

Field Flattener:

HoTech 2" SCA Field Flattener

Mount:

Celestron CGX

Polar Alignment:

QHYCCD PoleMaster

Imaging Camera:

ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

Frames:

Astronomik Ha: 100x240" (gain: 139, offset: 21)

Astronomik OIII: 130x240" (gain: 75, offset: 15)

Astronomik SII: 111x240" (gain: 139, offset: 21)

Integration: 22.73 hours