Close to the Elephant Trunk
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IC1396A is the designation for the Elephant Trunk Nebula: a dense cloud of ionized gas that has been compressed into a round shape from opposing forces of a massive star and several younger stars. The larger star illuminates the edge of the cloud and provides contrast for the trunk that curls at the end of a long column of interstellar dust. It is believed this compressed gas is forming into protostars.
Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 1645mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/7.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-07-13 to 2022-07-13 | |
| Lights: | 109 | |
| Exposure: | 120 | |
| Total exposure: | 3 h | |
| Ra: | 21h 35m 22.3s | |
| Dec: | +57° 31' 11.28 | |
| Size: | 33.671 x 23.769 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.343 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.569 arcsec/pixel |
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