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IC1396 Natural Palette
IC1396, better known as the Elephant Trunk Nebula is a combination of dust and ionized interstellar gases located about 2400 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cepheus. The image shown here is using a natural color palette. The redder regions having higher concentrations of Ha and SII gas, the blueish/gray regions being made up of primarily OIII gas. The star color is from RGB broadband at 60 second exposures, and the narrowband nebula detail are 900 second captures for a total of 48 hours of acquisition time.
IC1396 Natural Palette
IC1396, better known as the Elephant Trunk Nebula is a combination of dust and ionized interstellar gases located about 2400 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cepheus. The image shown here is using a natural color palette. The redder regions having higher concentrations of Ha and SII gas, the blueish/gray regions being made up of primarily OIII gas. The star color is from RGB broadband at 60 second exposures, and the narrowband nebula detail are 900 second captures for a total of 48 hours of acquisition time.