Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocch
IC 1396
Emission Nebula in Cepheus
NB-LRGB Image
Copyright 2014
Keith B Quattrocchi
Image Acquisition Information
Telescope: 16" RCOS Richey Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000
Guiding: SBIG AOL
Filters: Astrodon Narrowband (Ha, SII, OIII) and LRBG Filters
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount ME
Acquisition Programs: The SkyX,CCDAutopliot IV, FocusMax
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 Infornmation: MIC 1396 is an emission nebula in Cepheus.
Processing Infornmation 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.
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