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Elephant Trunk Nebula, Gabe Shaughnessy
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Elephant Trunk Nebula

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Elephant Trunk Nebula

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, IC1396A, is a combination of dark and emission nebulae in the constellation Cepheus and lies around 2400 light-years away. The trunk itself spans 20 light years shrouds many young protostars that are in the process of forming. The wider complex of emission from ionized gas is identified as IC1396 and spans 5 degrees of the sky.

This is a two panel mosaic with a TMB92SS and QSI683 camera.

Here is a crop of the H-alpha frame.

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Elephant Trunk Nebula, Gabe Shaughnessy

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