I finally had a clear night last night to finish up shooting the Elephant's Trunk.
This image is made from a total of 5 hours of imaging.
The Elephants Trunk is located 2400 light years away and is 20 light years high. The nebula is made up of thick dust and gas which is lit up by the multiple star system directly above it.
This image is made from:
78, 120 second H-Alpha Images
38, 120 second SII Images
28, 120 second OIII Images
Equipment Used:
Celestron RASA 11
ZWO ASI183MM Pro
EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASI290MM Mini guide camera
The nebula looks wonderful.
How many star systems are lighting up that gas and clouds?
And how do people come to know the directions in which these elements are oreinted?
2400 light years! My computer has run out of zeroes in computing the distance. It means that, 2400 years ago that image was emitted, traveling at the speed of light and recorded on earth. Someone please tell me I'm wrong.
Beautiful image! Imaging DSOs is something I am just getting started in - we have the same mount! How do you find the RASA 11 goes on the EQ6-R Pro? Seems like that scope, especially after adding the rest of your gear, would be over the upper payload limit of the mount, let alone the 'recommended' payload? Clearly the results speak for themselves, just curious if using such a heavy scope causes you any issues?
dalite wrote:
2400 light years! My computer has run out of zeroes in computing the distance. It means that, 2400 years ago that image was emitted, traveling at the speed of light and recorded on earth. Someone please tell me I'm wrong.
