"The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (vdB142) is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.". My OWN image and the result of 33 hours of integration as we call it. Please see part of my work at: https://www.astrobin.com/users/paulobao/ Date: 27/07/2011 - 30/08/2011

Here the gear used to capture the lights (exposures): Telescope: Takahashi FS102NSV + Takahashi flattener 6.2 Imaging Camera: QSI 532 ws-M1 Mount: Losmandy G11 Gemini I Filters (Astrodon Narrowband 5 nm): SII, OIII, Ha Guiding Telescope: Takahashi FS-60C Guiding Camera: QHYCCD QHY5

Frames (lights): Ha: 39x1200" (13h) @ -15°C bin 1x1 OIII: 30x1200" (10h) @ -15°C bin 1x1 SII: 30x1200" (10h) @ -15°C bin 1x1