The Elephant Trunk Nebula in SHO.

William Beam

Number of Works 1

Deep Sky

August 31, 2026

Imaging Target: Close up of the Elephant Trunk Nebula using the SII, Ha, and OIII filter to produce a Hubble palette(SHO) final image.
Coordinates Captured: 34N 118W
Main Cameras: Achromatic Refractor | SVBONY SV48P 90 ; 0.8x Reducer/Flattener | SVBONY SV193 ;
Auxiliary Guiding & Accessories: QHY Minicam8, QHY Minicam8 OAG, Gemini Focuser, Gemini Flat Panel, SW SA GTI.

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Description

Shot with the QHY Minicam8 using the SII, Ha, and OIII filters in Bortle 8+ skies. The SV48p(90mm) with the SV193 reducer/flattener was the OTA. Guiding was accomplished with the QHY OAG and an ASI220 Mini guide camera. There were about 25 hours of total acquisition time, shots were 180 seconds, gain 80, offset 10. All acquisition was controlled via N.I.N.A.. Processing was done in Siril using Graxpert, BlurXterminator, NoiseXterminator, and StarXterminator.

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I'm a landscape and astrophotographer based in Glendale, California, United States.

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