Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
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Elephants Trunk Nebula IC 1396, rflinn68
Elephants Trunk Nebula IC 1396
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Elephants Trunk Nebula IC 1396

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Elephants Trunk Nebula IC 1396

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The Elephant's Trunk nebula (IC 1396) is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region 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, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim. The bright rim is the surface of the dense cloud that is being illuminated and ionized by a very bright, massive star that is just to the west of the nebula.

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Elephants Trunk Nebula IC 1396, rflinn68