Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396
IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula, Anthony Ziya
IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula, Anthony Ziya
IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
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IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is over 20 lightyears long and can be found running through IC 1396, a young star cluster embedded within a cloud of glowing, ionised gas in the Cepheus constellation. The IC 1396 complex is located about 3,000 lightyears away. The Elephant's Trunk 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

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