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

IC1396 : Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus, maragus
IC1396 : Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus
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IC1396 : Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus

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IC 1396 and Elephant's trunk nebula in Cepheus, 2400 ly away from Earth.

Size: Elephant's trunk itself about 45 arc minutes, it is located within the faint IC1396 emission nebula which is about 3 degrees across.

The magnitude is 5.6 and it was discovered in 1893.

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IC1396 : Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus, maragus