Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Erakis (μ Cep)  ·  IC 1396  ·  The star The Garnet Star
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Elephant Trunk Nebula - 11/5/23, Ed Dixon
Elephant Trunk Nebula - 11/5/23
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Elephant Trunk Nebula - 11/5/23

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Elephant Trunk Nebula - 11/5/23, Ed Dixon
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Elephant Trunk Nebula - 11/5/23

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Second cut at an image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula, a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.  Taken 11/5/23, around 7:45PM, at home with a iOptron HEM27 mount, William Optics GT 71 scope, 0.8m focal reducer, and Optolong L-Extreme Ha filter.  Guiding using PHD2 with a ZWO ASI120mm-S camera and ZWO 30mm guide scope.  Taken as a series of three 300 second exposures using a ZWO ASI2600MC Pro camera with gain 105.  Stacked and processed with Pixinsight, GraXpert, Windows, and Apple Edit.

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Elephant Trunk Nebula - 11/5/23, Ed Dixon