Astrochonum

8 hours total exposure by 15mn on two days.

- FS60 focal reducer 4.2 (255mm)

- QSI583WSG SHO Astrodon 5nm filters, OA DSI Pro guiding
- AP900GTO

Acquisition and preprocessing MaximDL, processing PS CS4 + Wacom Intuos 4.
Mapped tones  by AstroAnarchy

Full (4 MB): http://astrochonum.com/Astro/CP/Nebuleuses/IC1396/IC1396-SHO.jpg

Slightly reduced crop on the trunk area  :

HA with the FS60 from Montagne de Lure. That was a backup subject, the real target was supposed to be SH2 142 but the CN212 alignment was way out of league.

3h45, SII and OIII pending for another night.

We are back from St Veran (2000m altitude, French south Alps). The chalets du Villards are a nice place where you can leave your hardware for a full week.

First ride my CN212 ! Shot with the DSLR + Tokina 11-16 2.8 piggybacked on the CN212 : http://astrochonum.com/Astro/Ambiance/St-Veran/TL-St-Veran.mp4

Once stacked :

Ok lets get serious now : M16 in mapped colors, 11H exposure.

HA version (4h30) :