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Elephant Trunk Nebula
IC 1396 is an open star cluster embedded in a galactic nebula. The entire complex, often called the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, is a diffuse emission nebula. It is located in the constellation Cepheus and is about 2400 light years from Earth.
The nebula is huge, so it takes about 150 years for light to travel through it.
The entire area is crisscrossed by countless globules, dust knots and dark nebulae that barely let any light through. The most dramatic part of this is the Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A, VdB142) in the lower part of the image.
Lacerta 72/432, reducer 0,79x
IOptron SkyGuider Pro
Nikon D5500 modified
Optolong L-eNhance
Guiding w. MGEN-2
SIRIL / GraXpert / Photoshop
67x 2 min. @ ISO 3.200
Elephant Trunk Nebula
IC 1396 is an open star cluster embedded in a galactic nebula. The entire complex, often called the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, is a diffuse emission nebula. It is located in the constellation Cepheus and is about 2400 light years from Earth.
The nebula is huge, so it takes about 150 years for light to travel through it.
The entire area is crisscrossed by countless globules, dust knots and dark nebulae that barely let any light through. The most dramatic part of this is the Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A, VdB142) in the lower part of the image.
Lacerta 72/432, reducer 0,79x
IOptron SkyGuider Pro
Nikon D5500 modified
Optolong L-eNhance
Guiding w. MGEN-2
SIRIL / GraXpert / Photoshop
67x 2 min. @ ISO 3.200