Celestron C14 and Canon 20Da 8x5 minutes at ISO 1600 (f/11) Taken from Mt Pinos Guided with the Starfish camera on a ZenithStar 80 ED Larger Size (1314x876) Larger Size with IC 1296 (1314x876) Mouse over to highlight the spiral galaxy IC 1296 IC 1296 is far dimmer than M57, but it was captured by the 12 bit per channel camera. In order to show M57 on 8 bit per channel displays, IC 1296 was all but lost. Locally increasing exposure 8 times, IC 1296 becomes easily visible.