Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  LBN 451  ·  LBN 452  ·  LDN 1099  ·  LDN 1105  ·  VdB142
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
The Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdB 142), Les Bildy
Powered byPixInsight

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdB 142)

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
The Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdB 142), Les Bildy
Powered byPixInsight

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdB 142)

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Elephant Trunk Nebula, aka vdB 142,  is located in the constellation Cepheus about 3000 light years from Earth.  It is embedded within a larger emission nebula and young star cluster complex called IC 1396.   These clouds of gas and dust provide the raw material for new star formation and obscure the likely presence of protostars within vdB's 20 light year long dark "trunk"'.

Comments

Revisions

    The Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdB 142), Les Bildy
    Original
  • Final
    The Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdB 142), Les Bildy
    B

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

The Elephant Trunk Nebula (vdB 142), Les Bildy