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IC1396 & Elephant Trunk, Simone Ciarlariello
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IC1396 & Elephant Trunk

IC1396 & Elephant Trunk, Simone Ciarlariello
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IC1396 & 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 about 2,400 light years away from Earth.

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IC1396 & Elephant Trunk, Simone Ciarlariello