12 x 360 sec raws wit darks and flats applied.
Canon Rebel XTi (400DH) spectrum enhanced camera with built-in astronomical UV/IR blocking filter (Type Ib) )
Custom White Balance
Scope = Meade 5000 ED 80 with W.O .8 Focal Reducer
on Top CGE 1100
Guiding with PhD
Process with ImagePlus and PhotoShop

This beautiful nebula of hydrogen gas and dust is a stellar nursery that host many young stars in the constellation of Cepheus. It is the large IC 1396 emission nebula complex. Within the nebula is located the Elephant Trunck Nebula.
The IC 1396 is about 3,000 light years distant.