Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Erakis (μ Cep)  ·  IC 1396  ·  The star The Garnet Star
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A large nebula/gas cloud/star cluster filled with intriguing features to explore at longer focal lengths, notably the "Elephant's Trunk" nebula just above center. The bright star left of center is Herschel's "garnet star", a red carbon supergiant. Gamma stretches and mild unsharp mask applied in Maxim.

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