IC 1396 - Elephant’s Trunk Nebula. Shot with Ha/OIII and SII/OIII narrowband filters.

See below for stacked and stretched, and sample sub-exposures for each filter.

  • Acquisition Date(s): 28 June - 06 July 2025

  • Camera: ASI2600MC

  • Filters: Optolong L-Ultimate and Altair Astro SII/OIII 3nm

  • Exposures: 27x600s and 151x300s (L-Ultimate) and 42x600s (Altair)

  • Total Time: 24 hours and 5 minutes

  • Processing: PixInsight

L-Ultimate - All 27x600s exposures stacked and stretched


L-Ultimate - One 600s frame


L-Ultimate - All 151x300s exposures stacked and stretched


L-Ultimate - One 300s frame


Altair SII/OIII 3nm - All 42x600s exposures stacked and stretched


Altair SII/OIII 3nm - One 600s frame