Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  HD205948  ·  HD206081  ·  HD206267  ·  HD239729  ·  IC 1396  ·  LBN 451  ·  LBN 452  ·  LBN 455  ·  LDN 1093  ·  LDN 1098  ·  LDN 1099  ·  LDN 1105  ·  LDN 1112  ·  Sh2-131  ·  VdB142
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The 20 light-year long Elephant Trunk Nebula, Andynowlen@gmail.com
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The 20 light-year long Elephant Trunk Nebula

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The 20 light-year long Elephant Trunk Nebula

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The 20 lightyears long Elephant Trunk Nebula can be found running through IC 1396, a young star cluster embedded within a cloud of glowing, ionized gas in the Cepheus constellation.  It is composed of cool interstellar dust and gas, which blocks out light on its way to Earth and leaves behind a long, thin silhouette that gives the nebula its name and makes it one of many nebulae that look like animals. (SkyatNight Magazine)


October 15-16, 2021
90 x 240 seconds
6 hours integration
Takahashi FSQ106n 530mm
Asi533mc pro
Ioptron CEM40EC
AsiAir Pro
Optolong L-extreme filter
Astropixel Processor
Pixinsight
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The 20 light-year long Elephant Trunk Nebula, Andynowlen@gmail.com