Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  10 Cep)  ·  10 nu. Cep  ·  12 Cep  ·  14 Cep  ·  15 Cep  ·  21 Cep  ·  21 zet Cep  ·  22 Cep  ·  22 lam Cep  ·  B165  ·  B166  ·  B167  ·  B169  ·  B170  ·  B171  ·  B173  ·  B174  ·  B366  ·  B368  ·  Erakis  ·  Erakis (μ Cep)  ·  HD205917  ·  HD206079  ·  HD206536  ·  HD206842  ·  HD207067  ·  HD207086  ·  HD207538  ·  HD207872  ·  HD208266  ·  And 65 more.
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Looking west from the elephant's trunk, Ben Hayes
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Looking west from the elephant's trunk

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Looking west from the elephant's trunk, Ben Hayes
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Looking west from the elephant's trunk

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Description

This region of the sky is filled with goodies, including these dark clouds west of the Elephant's Trunk nebula (IC1396) in the constellation Cepheus.  From left to right include Barnard's dark nebula catalogued as B174, B173, B71, B169, B170, B368, B167, B166, B165, and B366.

54 light frames (300s each; 4½ hours total integration time) taken with a ZWO ASI6200MC camera and RedCat51 refractor telescope on a Skywatcher EQ5 Pro mount.

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Looking west from the elephant's trunk, Ben Hayes

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