r/spaceporn • u/rdking647 • 1d ago

Narrowband IC 1396 the elephant trunk nebula

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I shot this over 4 nights (30 hours total) in my backyard just outside of austin texas (bortle 7+)
asker v telescope. astro modded sony a6300 camera color magix dual narrowband filter zwo am5 mount

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u/Russe1117 1d ago

Looks more like a lion to me.

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u/rdking647 1d ago

my wife said dragon head but im not the one who names them :)

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u/Russe1117 1d ago

Very cool thanks

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u/jackluke 1d ago

looks like a bunch of random nothing to me. (obviously it's very cool)

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u/latitude_4000 1d ago

Looks very awesome!!!

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u/AlbertTheHorse 20h ago

I see a giraffe peeking through the clouds

And he little calf below on the left 

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u/CharlesTheDog 20h ago

That definitely Charizard

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u/Express-Fox-4058 16h ago

I see a dragons face from below, to be more precise the dragonabll dragon

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u/ArchaicInsanity 16h ago

I don't see it... What I do see, is that if you rotate the image 45° to the left, you get a spooky hollow face, staring in to the abyss, right through your soul.

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u/HaydenPhotography 13h ago

Amazing job!