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Photographer:
Andrei Gusan
Location of Photo:
Transylvania, Romania
Date/Time of photo:
20/08/2020 - last day
Equipment:
William Optics RedCat51 f/4.9 APO telescope, ZWO ASI1600MM Pro mono camera cooled at -20C, Gain 70 Astronomik 6nm filters, AF3 Deep Sky Dad electronic focuser, 8 position ZWO Filter Wheel, SkyWatcher HEQ5 mount
Description:
The IC 1396 emission nebula, also known as The Elephant's Trunk Nebula, is a concentration of bright gas and dark interstellar dust clouds. It is located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light-years away from Earth. The surface of the dense cloud of interstellar dust is illuminated and ionized by a massive, bright star. The intense ultraviolet radiation it emits could still form stars through gravitational collapse. The stellar wind produced is strong enough to remove the protoplanetary disks from nearby stars.
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