Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396  ·  The star 13Cep  ·  The star Garnet Star (μCep)
Elephant's Trunk, Leonel Padron
Elephant's Trunk
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Elephant's Trunk

Elephant's Trunk, Leonel Padron
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Elephant's Trunk

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Emission nebula IC 1396 mixes glowing cosmic gas and dark dust clouds in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. Energized by the bright central star seen here, this star forming region sprawls across hundreds of light-years, spanning over three degrees on the sky while nearly 3,000 light-years from planet Earth. Among the intriguing dark shapes within IC 1396, the winding Elephant's Trunk nebula lies just below center. Stars could still be forming inside the dark shapes by gravitational collapse.

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Elephant's Trunk, Leonel Padron