Another Elephant's Trunk - 5 Hours with the RASA 11

[Colorado CJ]

I finally had a clear night last night to finish up shooting the Elephant's Trunk.

This image is made from a total of 5 hours of imaging, over two nights separated by two weeks (been cloudy here a long time)

The Elephants Trunk is located 2400 light years away and is 20 light years high. The nebula is made up of thick dust and gas which is lit up by the multiple star system directly above it.

This image is made from:

78, 120 second H-Alpha Images
38, 120 second SII Images
28, 120 second OIII Images

Equipment Used:

Celestron RASA 11
ZWO ASI183MM Pro
EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI290MM Mini guide camera

Elephant's Trunk 5 hrs Small by https://www.flickr.com/photos/18

 

[AlanLichty]

Wow. The feeling of depth in this image is amazing and hypnotic to gaze into. Beautiful work.

 

[JimFox]

The Elephant Trunk I think is one of the most fascinating and intricate space objects there is. It's certainly in the top 5.

Great job with this Andrew, you really got some fantastic detail. It's quite mesmerizing.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Fantastic results

 

[Amy Nelson]

Wow, crazy cool! Who would have thunc

 

[Douglas Sherman]

Great job Andrew.

 

[Bob Denton]

Stunning

 

[Alisa]

Wow!! This is awesome!!

 

[mapleleaf56]

Wow wow wow.. I have never seen anything more beautiful or spectacular...

 

[Kyle Jones]

Just phenomenal work!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

This is some awesome imagery. Great work.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Very nice! I just FINALLY finished processing my version of this object - VERY tough to get the colors like I wanted on this one. It is a fantastic object though - love your version!

ML