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Credit & Copyright: Davide De Martin (Skyfactory),
Explanation:
Stunning
emission
nebula
IC 1396 mixes
glowing cosmic gas and dark dust clouds in the high and far off constellation
of Cepheus.
As pictured here, the star forming region
sprawls across hundreds of light-years -- spanning over three
degrees on the sky while nearly 3,000 light-years from planet Earth.
Among the intriguing
dark shapes within IC 1396, the winding
Elephant's Trunk
nebula lies just below center.
The gorgeous color view is a composition of
digitized
black and white photographic plates recorded
through red and blue astronomical filters.
The plates were taken using the
Samuel
Oschin Telescope,
a wide-field survey instrument at
Palomar Observatory,
between 1989 and 1993.
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Publications with keywords: IC 1396 - emission nebula - star cluster - star formation
Publications with words: IC 1396 - emission nebula - star cluster - star formation
See also:
- APOD: 2025 April 28 B Gum 37 and the Southern Tadpoles
- NGC 6164: A Dragon s Egg
- APOD: 2025 March 26 B Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula
- APOD: 2025 February 18 B Thors Helmet versus the Seagull
- APOD: 2025 February 11 B The Spider and the Fly
- APOD: 2024 December 17 B Near to the Heart Nebula
- The Elephant s Trunk in Cepheus