IC 1396 - Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO

[XCalRocketMan]

This is a four panel mosaic of the Elephant Trunk Nebula.
40x300 sec Ha, Oiii, and Sii. -20C
Taken over the period 10/10/19 to 11/2/19.

William Optics GT102
ZWO ASI1600mm Pro
Astrodon NB Filters (Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm)

[bladekeeper]

Very nice, Mikey!

[Don Quixote]

This is beautiful, ExCal !
Thank you for the view.

[Juno16]

Wow, super image!

Your stars are absolutely beautiful! The nebula is beautiful too, but the stars just “struck” me.

Thanks,

Jim

[Baskevo]

This is amazing! I noticed this is NB, but I don't see any mention of RGB for the stars... Can I ask how you got the color in your stars right? I have to do a hue shift to get them white, I couldn't figure out how to get them to look natural like this!

[Jockinireland]

Great image!

[Hankmeister3]

Beautiful. Foreboding. Very nice mosaic! Thank you for sharing.

[yobbo89]

very nice, also nice filters !

[XCalRocketMan]

This is amazing! I noticed this is NB, but I don't see any mention of RGB for the stars... Can I ask how you got the color in your stars right? I have to do a hue shift to get them white, I couldn't figure out how to get them to look natural like this!

Actually, I didn't do anything with the stars. In fact I mentioned in my description at Astrobin that I had been so preoccupied with my first mosaic that I forgot to take RGB stars. I usually remove the NB stars and replace them with RGB stars. But in this case, I didn't.

[XCalRocketMan]

very nice, also nice filters !

Yeah, those Astrodons really do a great job.

[MariusD69]

Wonderful image! Great job!!

[Gordon]

Congratulations on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!!!

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[Don Quixote]

Congratulations on the APOD selection!

[kt4hx]

Beautiful image Mikey, with exquisite intricate detail brought out.

[STEVE333]

Just beautiful Mikey - The SHO really brings out the Tadpoles. I love the performance of your filters too. I looked up the price and it totaled $1450 including tax and delivery for those three in 1.25" mounted size! Gulp!! The results look worth it to me. Really nicely done.

Congrats on the TSS APOD - well deserved.

Cheers,
Steve

[helicon]

Congrats on the APOD award Mikey - looks great!

[XCalRocketMan]

Just beautiful Mikey - The SHO really brings out the Tadpoles. I love the performance of your filters too. I looked up the price and it totaled $1450 including tax and delivery for those three in 1.25" mounted size! Gulp!! The results look worth it to me. Really nicely done.

Congrats on the TSS APOD - well deserved.

Cheers,
Steve

Thanks.
Yep, those Astrodons are pricey ... but after spending about a year and a half struggling with the other filters I sprung for these. Wife gave me two for Christmas and I purchased the remaining one.

[XCalRocketMan]

Thanks everyone for the congrats ... appreciate it.

[Astrovetteman]

REALLY GREAT IMAGE Mickey!!! Colors and details are exquisite!!!!
Fantastic Job!! Frame It!!
Tom

[XCalRocketMan]

REALLY GREAT IMAGE Mickey!!! Colors and details are exquisite!!!!
Fantastic Job!! Frame It!!
Tom

Thanks Tom.
You know, I have a Quilting and Embroidery Design business that I'm just starting up - yeah, I know, how did I get involved in that One of the items I started to sell are canvas prints of my astrophotos. Not much out there yet as the store is just starting out, but I think this will also go up there. http://MdFiberArts.com

Mikey