2023-10-19 IC 1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

I've been thinking about capturing IC 1396 since my wide-angle from 2022-09-02, and today's moonless night gave a good opportunity.

I think the result came out fine and is a good baseline for future attempts, but considering the nebulosity has a magnitude of 3.5 I was expected a slightly stronger result. The actual Elephant's Trunk formation is not visible at all in my result here, but that's fine, just gives me a goal.

Metadata

• Location
  • Name: Reksteren, Norway
  • Lat Long: 60.04, 05.42
  • Datetime: October 19th 2023, 22:00
  • Bortle Scale: Class 4
  • Moon: Below Horizon
• Gear
  • Camera: Fujifilm X-T1
  • Lens: Pentax Takumar 135mm f/2.5
  • Tracking: None/Tripod
• Exposure
  • Aperture: f/3.2
  • ISO: 3200
  • White Balance: Daylight
  • Shutter Speed: 3/1s
  • Light Frames: 172
  • Total Exposure: 8min 36s
• Processing
  • Stacking: Siril
  • Editor: Apple Photos