Found in the constellation Cepheus

Full sized image here: http://www.stuartheggie.com/img/s3/v24/p328705239.jpg

The Elephant Trunk Nebula - IC1396 (open cluster with associated nebulosity) and vdB142 (the elephant trunk that gives this object its name).
Equipment:
Apogee U16M camera w 5nm Astrodon GenII H-Alpha filter
Takahashi FSQ Refractor w Robofocus
25 x 10 min H-Alpha; 5 x 5 min RGB
Paramount ME guided w ST-402 and eFinder
Image acquisition in CCDSoft5
Calibration, Alignment and Sigma Reject combine in Maxim
Levels, Curves, selective sharpening and some minor noise reduction in PS CS4

Flesherton, Ontario
July 3 and 17, 2010