Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  IC 1396  ·  The star Garnet Star (μCep)
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Sh2-131 Elephant's Trunk Hubble Palette showing dark clouds, David Elmore
Sh2-131 Elephant's Trunk Hubble Palette showing dark clouds
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Sh2-131 Elephant's Trunk Hubble Palette showing dark clouds

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Sh2-131 Elephant's Trunk Hubble Palette showing dark clouds, David Elmore
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Sh2-131 Elephant's Trunk Hubble Palette showing dark clouds

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Sh2-131 Elephant's Trunk in SHO.  This rendering is from the same exposures used to create the Sh2-131 HOO White relatively true color image but uses the Hubble palette instead.  The background was kept relatively bright to emphasize the dark clouds (Bok globules?) in front the the emission nebula.   Stars have been reduced to 40% of original brightness.
At about 4:00 there is a group of folks walking along.  At about 10:00 there is the drama of a lioness, tail high in the air, protecting her cub and frightening someone running away to the lower left while his horse bolts off in a different direction.  What characters can you find?

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Sh2-131 Elephant's Trunk Hubble Palette showing dark clouds, David Elmore