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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown here is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim. (Source: Wikipedia) Description
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Date: 2019 August 30 - September 21Bortle scale: 5 to 6Exposure: 15hSII 60 x 300sHalpha 47 x 300sOIII 76 x 300sAcquisition
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