Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
IC 1396 Elephant Trunk, Tim Trentadue
IC 1396 Elephant Trunk
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IC 1396 Elephant Trunk

IC 1396 Elephant Trunk, Tim Trentadue
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IC 1396 Elephant Trunk

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The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus 2400 lyrs away.

The Elephant's Trunk nebula is now thought to be a site of star formation, containing several very young (less than 100,000 yr) stars that were discovered in infrared images in 2003. Two older (but still young, a couple of million years, by the standards of stars, which live for billions of years) stars are present in a small, circular cavity in the head of the globule. Winds from these young stars may have emptied the cavity.

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July 2018/North Frontenac Dark sky Preserve.

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IC 1396 Elephant Trunk, Tim Trentadue