IC1396 (Elephant's Trunk Nebula)

Phil Misiowiec

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 ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

SPA-1-CMOS (Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4)

Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

QHY600M

Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Almería, Spain

Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

July 2023 (about 10 hours of data)

Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Ha, OIII, SII

Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

PixInsight

Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Phil Misiowiec (processing), Telescope.live (data)