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moonshinegnomie

(3,931 posts) Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:52 AM Jul 2025

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the elephant trunk nebula IC 1396

took me a little while to process this until i was happy with it
7 hours of exposure in my backyard

the neubla is a star forming region 2400 light years away. Its lit by the str in teh center which is actually a triple star system of 3 very massive stars each 10-30x as massive as the sun

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the elephant trunk nebula IC 1396 (Original Post) moonshinegnomie Jul 2025 OP

A magnificent photo. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2025 #1

asker v telescope moonshinegnomie Jul 2025 #2

tell me again we're the only ones out here pamdb Jul 2025 #3

thats it moonshinegnomie Jul 2025 #5

This is spectacular. flying_wahini Jul 2025 #4

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,914 posts)

1. A magnificent photo.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:56 AM

Jul 2025

What size and type of telescope did you use?

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moonshinegnomie

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2. asker v telescope

Reply to Prof. Toru Tanaka (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 08:59 AM

Jul 2025

its an 80mm scope with a 500mm focal length. attached to it is an astro modded sony a6300 camera

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pamdb

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3. tell me again we're the only ones out here

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:02 AM

Jul 2025

Stunningly beautiful

But I don't see the elephant trunk unless it's that thing hanging down just above the brightest star?

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moonshinegnomie

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5. thats it

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Mon Jul 28, 2025, 10:14 AM

Jul 2025

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flying_wahini

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4. This is spectacular.

Reply to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Mon Jul 28, 2025, 09:03 AM

Jul 2025

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