Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  B161  ·  B367  ·  IC 1396  ·  Sh2-131  ·  VdB142
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IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula, Mark Eby
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IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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IC1396 is actually the Cepheus Bubble region of ionized gas that has a field of view of about 3 degrees. It is often called the Elephant's Trunk Nebula because of the dark horizontal structure on the right side of the image. The trunk is a star forming region, illuminated by nearby star HD206267 just to its right. It is located 2,400 light-years from Earth, and is about 30 light-years across. North is at the top.

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IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula, Mark Eby