IC 1396 and the Elephant's Trunk Nebula

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Photographer:

Jon Greif

Location of Photo:

Julian, CA, USA

Date/Time of photo:

August 7, 2020, at 11:00 pm PDT

Equipment:

AT72EDII 72 mm refractor at focal length 344 mm with an ASI533MC Pro camera. Guiding with an ASI120 MM camera and a Rainbow Astro RST-135 mount. Capture software: Ekos Processing software: Pixinsight

Description:

IC 1396 is a large and comparatively faint emission nebula and star forming region over 100 light-years across, located about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Among the intriguing dark shapes within IC 1396, is the Elephant’s Trunk nebula (IC 1396A), seen in the upper central bright red outlined cavity in this image.

Website:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/author/jgreif/