Image of the day 10/22/2015

    Elephant's Trunk nebula, Metsavainio

    Image of the day 10/22/2015

      Elephant's Trunk nebula, Metsavainio

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      The elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust in the star cluster IC 1396.

      This ionized gas region locates in the constellation Cepheus about 2400 light years away.

      This about twenty light years long formation is coursed by a stellar wind, radiation pressure, from a group of massive young stars.

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      Elephant's Trunk nebula, Metsavainio