IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
IC1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
The Elephant's Trunk is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the large emission region of IC1396 and the gas is energized by it's central star. You can find this large object high in the sky in the northern hemisphere in the constellation of Cepheus.
This image was created using several one-click observations from both SPA-1 and 2 and is displayed in SHO (Hubble Palette).
This image was created using several one-click observations from both SPA-1 and 2 and is displayed in SHO (Hubble Palette).
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
SPA-1/3 Takahashi 106FSQ
Camera
Fli pl16083
Location
Spain
Date of observation
13 Aug 21
Filters
Ha, Sii, Oiii
Processing
Pixinsight, photoshop
Credits
Telescope.live
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