IC1396 (Elephant's Trunk Nebula)
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is an elongated dark globule within the emission nebula IC1396 in the constellation of Cepheus, about 2,450 light-years away. The globule is being compressed by the surrounding ionized gas.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
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Telescope
SPA-1-CMOS (Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4)
Camera
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Location
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Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Almería, Spain
Date of observation
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Date of observation
July 2023 (about 10 hours of data)
Filters
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Processing
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Credits
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Credits
Phil Misiowiec (processing), Telescope.live (data)
