Also known as IC 1396, this beautiful cloud of glowing gas is located in the constellation Cepheus.

This project took a while to complete, totalling 5 nights of data collection. Unfortunately, I was forced to scrap nearly all of the data due to clouds (presumably some smoke, especially on the September nights). As a result, I was left with merely 7.5 hours (just over a quarter of the total amount collected). Nevertheless, the image came out really well.

I seized the opportunity to try out Russel Croman’s new StarXTerminator in Pixinsight, and I must say that the results are amazing (a true competitor of Starnet).

Also, the last 2 nights of data acquisition were done using ZWO’s newly released ASIAIR Plus. I must say that it performs wonderfully, and have not yet encountered any issues.

90 x 300sec (7.5 hours)

120 gain, 30 offset, -5°C, 1x1 bin

Imaging cam - ZWO asi294mc pro

Filter - l-eXtreme

Guiding cam - ZWO asi290mm mini

Imaging scope - WO RedCat51

Guidescope - Starfield 60mm

Mount - AVX

ASIAIR Pro & ASIAIR Plus

Stacked and processed in pixinsight and Photoshop

Montreal, Canada (Bortle 9)

October 27th, 2021