Michael A. Stecker
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Crop of "Elephant Trunk" (IC1396A) taken July, 2025 with 10-inch f/4 Newtonan telescope
and ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro color astro-camera
file: IC1396_345min-RGBddpCROP2B-1bcra1.jpg
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Crop of "Elephant Trunk" (IC1396A) taken July, 2025 with 10-inch f/4 Newtonan telescope
using the Optolong L-Extreme 7nm nebular filter & ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro color astro-camera
file: C1396_115minEXfilter2a-1bcr2.jpg
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exposure
115-minutes (1.9 hours)

photographic site:
James Foster's observatory at Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park California)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California
(Bortle 4 at 5,000 feet elevation)




Upper quatrant of IC1396 taken with 10-inch f/4 Newtonan telescope, ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro color camera
near full-frame without filter
file: IC1396newt73min-arot1asm.jpg
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Photographic Data
telescope:
Sky-Watcher Quattro 250P 10-inch f/4 Newtonan telescope
FL= 1,000 mm
 

mount and guiding
iOptron CEM60
Off-axis guiding

imaging camera
ZWO ASI6200MC-Pro color cooled astro-camera, no filter

exposures
73-minutes (1.2 hours)

hotographic site:
James Foster's observatory at Pinon Pines Estates (Frazier Park California)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frazier_Park,_California
(Bortle 4 at 5,000 feet elevation)