🐘✨ Behold #vdB142, famously known as the #Elephant’sTrunkNebula! Nestled within #Cepheus, it’s part of the larger #IC1396 #emissionnebula, which spans 100 light-years and lies 2,400 light-years away.

📸: Ron Brecher with the Celestron 14″ #EdgeHD from a mix of filters in the #RGB set. 🌌💫⁠

A stunning close-up of the Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396, vdB 142) in the Cepheus constellation. This starless image showcases the nebula's intricate structure of bright ridges and dark, dust-filled tendrils, highlighting the regions where stars are born. The image also features the "Caravan" dark nebula formations. The nebula is approximately 3,000 light-years away and spans over 20 light-years.

Astronomy Picture from 27/08/2021

Elephant's Trunk and Caravan

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210827.html


#ElephantsTrunkNebula #IC1396 #Nebulas #Space #Astrophotography #DeepSky #StarFormation #CosmicDust #Astronomy #Cepheus #Redshift #DarkNebula #Caravan #vdB142

A stunning close-up of the IC 1396 nebula complex in Cepheus. The image showcases a vibrant mix of red emission nebulae (glowing hydrogen gas), dark nebulae (silhouetted dust clouds), and a bluish reflection nebula (VDB 142) reflecting starlight. Embedded stars and the intricate details of this star-forming region are beautifully captured, 3,000 light-years from Earth.

Astronomy Picture from 11/10/2001

VDB 142 in Cepheus

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap011011.html


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