Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  VdB142
Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396, Chad Adrian
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Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396

Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396, Chad Adrian
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Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is located just past Cepheus toward Cygnus about 2,000 light years away. The main structure is about 20 light years long.

Open the full resolution image.  Seeing was excellent so the 54 million pixels @ .28" per pixel show a lot of detail.

I used two identical rigs to collect the data: 2x Edge 11, 2x AP1100, 2x ASI6200, etc. One rig collected Sii and Oiii while the other collected Ha. Color assignment was the Hubble palette (SHO).

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Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396, Chad Adrian