Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
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*** Elephant's Trunk Nebula ***, Konstantinos Tsekas
*** Elephant's Trunk Nebula ***
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*** Elephant's Trunk Nebula ***, Konstantinos Tsekas
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Description

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. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A it is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths.

Location: Stinger of Scorpius Observatory, Filiates, Thesprotia - Greece.

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Processing: Kostas Tsekas

Telescope: William optics star 71 f/4.9

Mount: Avalon linear fast reverse

Camera: CCD Atik One 6.0

Filter: Astrodon Ha 5nm

Binning: 1x1

Sensor temperature: -10°C

Guide:ZWO ASI290MM Mini (mono) + Skywatcher ed80

Process:CCD stack - Pixinsight - Photoshop CS6

Exposure: 60X600sec

Total: 10 hours

Dates: 14/06/2020 - 16/06/2020

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*** Elephant's Trunk Nebula ***, Konstantinos Tsekas