IC 1396 Mosaic Trunk Nebula (mirko tondinelli)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: B161 · B163 · B365 · B367 · Erakis · Erakis (μ Cep) · HD205196 · HD205510 · HD205917 · HD205948 · HD206081 · HD206183 · HD206267 · HD206482 · HD206773 · HD207086 · HD239712 · HD239729 · HD239748 · IC 1396 · LBN 451 · LBN 452 · LBN 455 · LBN 456 · LBN 457 · LDN · LDN 1085 · LDN 1087 · LDN 1090 · LDN 1092 · And 32 more.

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IC 1396 Mosaic Trunk Nebula

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IC 1396 is a very sparse open cluster associated with a large diffuse nebula, visible in the boreal constellation of Cepheus; it is located in a stretch of the Milky Way partially obscured by dense banks of dark nebulae, in a galactic region rich in dust and neutral gas with associated young and hot blue stars. Its position is easily identifiable, immediately south of the star μ Cephei, one of the reddest stars known; However, identifying the cluster itself is not easy, because it is very dispersed and almost blends in with the surrounding star field. What appears clearly evident in long-exposure photos taken through a telescope is the large nebulous complex surrounding the cluster; its appearance is roughly circular and crossed by numerous dark spots, which upon closer inspection reveal themselves to be Bok globules, i.e. particularly concentrated regions of the nebula where the formation of new stars occurs. It is therefore an H II region, and is part of a vast system of molecular clouds and OB associations called the Cepheus Nebular Complex. To create this mosaic of two panels I did 4 shooting sessions where every evening I integrated half the time on one panel and half the time on the other panel in order to obtain roughly the same type of gradient every evening. I hope you like it

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RA (center)	21h39m46s.58
RA (top/left)	21h49m50s.81
RA (top/right)	21h50m30s.83
RA (bottom/right)	21h29m00s.98
RA (bottom/left)	21h29m42s.48

Dec (center)	+57°38′40″.9
Dec (top/left)	+56°26′19″.0
Dec (top/right)	+58°48′00″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+58°47′52″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+56°26′11″.4

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