Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) in H-alpha, Dave Ek
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) in H-alpha
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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) in H-alpha

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) in H-alpha, Dave Ek
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) in H-alpha
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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) in H-alpha

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The Elephant's Trunk in H-alpha. I shot this as part of an effort to image this object in LRGB+Ha, but I'm still working on the final image. This was about a half hour of data in Ha. Shot under Bortle 4 skies at 8400 ft ASL in the mountains of Colorado.

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) in H-alpha, Dave Ek