Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi


IC 1396 
Emission Nebula in Cepheus
NB-LRGB Image (cropped) 
        
Copyright 2014
Keith B Quattrocchi

Image Acquisition Information   
                   
Telescope: 16" RCOS Richey Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 
Camera:  SBIG STL-11000
Guiding:  BIG 402
Filters: Astrodon Narrowband (Ha, SII, OIII) and LRBG Filters
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Acquisition Programs: The SkyX,CCDAutopliot IV, FocusMax 
Processing Programs: CCDStack, Photoshop.
Date: Data processed June 15, 2014.  Data aquisition: May 17, 2014-June 2,2014                              
Time: 64 x30 min ( 32 hours) for each of Ha, SII, OIII, and 34 x 30 min (17 hours) of 
L, R, G, B for a total of 164 hours of imaging time.                             
Processing:  CCD Stack and PhotoShop CS/4

Image Information: MIC 1396 is an emission nebula in Cepheus. 

Processing Information  This Narrow Abnd (Ha-SII-OIII) and LRGB images were obtained using  AstroDon filters.  The Ha-SII-OIII and LRGB images were assembled in CCDStack.  The two images were combined to form a 7 channel image in Photoshop.  Further stretching, high pass filtering and background smoothing was performed with Adobe Photoshop CS/4.  All data stretching was by minimal stretching with gamma and DDP in CCD Stack and then further stretching with curves/levels in Photoshop.