Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  B161  ·  B163  ·  B365  ·  B367  ·  IC 1396  ·  Sh2-131  ·  VdB142
IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Narrowband, Eshan Toorabally
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IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Narrowband

IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Narrowband, Eshan Toorabally
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IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Narrowband

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IC1396 narrowband shot over 3 nights and processed using the SHO palette. Despite the relatively moonless nights, I opted for narrowband capture due to the lack of astronomical darkness in the U.K. in the summer.

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, or IC 1396A, is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. It, and the whole of IC 1396, is illuminated and ionized by the very bright, massive star, HD 206267, just to the east of IC 1396A.

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Description: Reprocess, this time aiming for a classic Hubble palette with the same data.

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IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Narrowband, Eshan Toorabally