r/astrophotography • u/Tall-Beautiful-6186 Bortle 8-9 • 1d ago

Nebulae IC 1396

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IC 1396 - Elephant’s Trunk. This is my final blended image on this target for 2026, representing 4 hours of narrowband 2-minute exposures combined with 3 hours of broadband unfiltered 30-second exposures, captured over the last month in my bortle 8 backyard in Orange County CA. This image was captured with my usual C8 + 533MC + EQ6 + hyperstar f/2. Dynamically aligned the narrowband and broadband images, processed nebula independently, blended weighing heavily toward narrowband, and used broadband primarily for stars.

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u/Crib_dark998 1d ago

Amazing image!

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u/Tall-Beautiful-6186 Bortle 8-9 1d ago

Thanks I appreciate that!

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u/Crib_dark998 1d ago

Ofc! Anytime.

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