IC 1396: Emission Nebula in Cepheus.
Stunning emission nebula IC 1396 mixes glowing cosmic gas and dark dust clouds in the high and far-off constellation of Cepheus. Energized by the bright central star seen here, this star-forming region sprawls across hundreds of light-years, spanning over three degrees on the sky while nearly 3,000 light-years from planet Earth. Among the intriguing dark shapes within IC 1396, the winding Elephant's Trunk nebula lies just below the center. Stars could still be forming inside the dark shapes by gravitational collapse. But as the denser clouds are eroded away by powerful stellar winds and radiation, any forming stars will ultimately be cut off from the reservoir of star stuff. The gorgeous true color view is a composition of image data from filters Red, blue, and green blended with Hydrogen-alpha data to enhance the nebulosity.

Equipment:

Imaging Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 80ED

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI294MM Pro

Mount: Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

Guiding Camera" ZWO ASI224MC

Filters: Antlia HaRGB 36 mm

Accessories: Beelink Gemini T34 Mini PC · ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm · ZWO OAG (Off-Axis Guider)

Processing software: Pixinsight(Stacking, (RGB output - DBE, BN, CN, MSLT, HT, CurvesT, SCNR, (Ha output- MSLT and blended the Ha and RGB)