IC 1396 Area Including The Elephant Trunk Nebula from 8/22/2015 (Tom Masterson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: B160 · B161 · B162 · B163 · B165 · B166 · B167 · B365 · B366 · B367 · B368 · Erakis · IC 1396 · LBN 443 · LBN 451 · LBN 452 · LBN 455 · LBN 456 · LBN 457 · LDN · LDN 1079 · LDN 1083 · LDN 1084 · LDN 1085 · LDN 1086 · LDN 1087 · LDN 1088 · LDN 1090 · LDN 1092 · LDN 1093 · And 46 more.

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IC 1396 is a large area of dust and ionized gas located in the constellation Cepheus. This area is lit up by the very intense ultraviolet light given off by the massive star HD 206267 which is the bright white star in the middle of IC 1396. It is a spectroscopic binary system with a third star thought to be also gravitational bound. This system has a stellar wind velocity of 3,225 km/s which is incredibility strong, strong enough to destroy forming planetary disks that are too close to these intense stars. The ultraviolet light emitted from these stars causes compression of denser globules located in IC 1396 that promotes star formation, and if the stars are far enough away from the violent stellar winds of HD 206267 they likely will have protoplanetary discs which will evolve into their own solar systems. (Source: Wikipedia)

For more info check out these Wiki articles:

Elephant Trunk Nebula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant%27s_Trunk_nebula

HD 206267: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_206267

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RA (center)	21h41m11s.53
RA (top/left)	21h52m45s.77
RA (top/right)	21h56m29s.32
RA (bottom/right)	21h27m34s.90
RA (bottom/left)	21h28m02s.72

Dec (center)	+57°30′49″.8
Dec (top/left)	+54°34′24″.7
Dec (top/right)	+60°13′43″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	+60°22′38″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+54°42′04″.9

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