IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula - telescope processed image with onboard LP Filter and Moon and Sky Light Filter. The Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) is a star-forming pillar of gas and dust within the larger IC 1396 emission nebula in Cepheus, about 2,400 light-years away. Its shape is sculpted by radiation from a nearby hot, massive star.

Good Friday afternoon. Just downloaded the images from last night and didn’t look at them till now. Still working on my project - I image left. Here is a mosaic of #IC1396 #TheElephantTrunkNebula that I took last night. Used the s50 and joined / edited the […]

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