The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

By: Daniel Caracache September 19, 2019 0

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Photographer:

dcaracache

Location of Photo:

Lebanon

Date/Time of photo:

1 September 2019

Equipment:

Skywatcher Esprit 120 ED, Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Guidescope: Orion 80mm, applied the SHO Hubble Palette

Description:

Elephant Trunks are structures of gas and dust notably found within large star formations.⁣ ⁣ While there are many catalogued elephant trunks in the stellar landscape, one the most prominent is "The Elephant's Trunk Nebula" (IC1396), the image of this submission, and can be apparently located inside the Garnet Star Nebula.⁣ ⁣ Another famous one is "The Pillars of Creation Nebula" that can be apparently located inside the Eagle Nebula.