Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi

IC 1396
Emission Nebula in Cepheus
Seven Channel Composite NB-LRGB Image
                   
Copyright 2013
Keith B Quattrocchi

Image Acquisition Information 
                     
Telescope: 16" RCOS Richey Chretien Telescope (ion milled at 6/9) 
Camera: SBIG STL-11000
Guiding: SBIG 402
Filters: Astrodon Ha, SII OIII and Astrodon LRBG Filters
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Acquisition Programs: The Sky,CCDAutopliot IV, CCD Soft.  
Processing Programs: CCDStack, Maxim DL, Photoshop
Date: Data processed October 18, 2013.  Data aquisition: August 17, 2013-September 19, 2013                              
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 Infornmation:  IC 1396 is an emission nebula in Cepheus. 

Processing Infornmation  This Composite Narrow Band and LRGB image was obtained using  AstroDon NB and LRGB filters.  The NB and LRGB images were assembled in CCDStack.  The NB and LRGB images were then compined 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.