IC 1396, large emission nebula in Cepheus, with the red Garnet Star (mu Cephei) at its north edge at top of frame. This is a stack of 7 x 15 minute exposures at ISO 800 with the Canon 5D MkII and Lunt 80mm f/7 doublet apo refractor with Borg 0.85x field flattener and reducer.
The large emission nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus with the orange “Garnet Star” at top, and the Elephant Trunk Nebula, van den Bergh 142, at bottom as a dark lane protruding into the emission nebula. This is a stack of 5 x 6-minute exposures with the Canon EOS Ra mirrorless camera at ISO 1600 through the Astro-Physics Traveler apo refractor at f/6 with the Hotech field flattener. Stacked, aligned and processed in Photoshop.
