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Elephant's Trunk Nebula
IC 1396A · Cepheus
A dark, dense globule of gas and dust, around 20 light-years long, curving into the bright emission nebula IC 1396. New stars are forming at its tip. In Cepheus, roughly 2,400 light-years away.
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- Target
- IC 1396A
- Constellation
- Cepheus
- Type
- Emission nebula
- RA (J2000)
- 21h 36m 00s
- Dec (J2000)
- +57° 24′ 00″
- Location
- Porto Cesareo (Lecce), Italy
- Palette
- RGB