Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)
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Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC1396, Jeff Weiss
Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC1396
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Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC1396

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Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC1396, Jeff Weiss
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Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC1396

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The Elephant Trunk nebula within IC1396 is a combination of the dark, dense globule (vdB142) and its bright sinuous HII rim (IC1396A). The bright rim is the surface of the dark cloud being ionized by the luminous blue star (HD206267) which is in its center.

4.8hr LRGB 10/13/12, D.A.R.C. Observatory, Mercey Hot Springs, CA

Partially reprocessed 3/7/19

BlurXTermnator applied to this 11yr old data 9/27/23 and brought out more of the background (10/14/23).

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Elephant Trunk Nebula in IC1396, Jeff Weiss