The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus, 2400 light years away

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus, 2400 light years away from Earth. Amateur picture taken with professional CCD camera and refractor telescope (800mm, ), image taken consists of: Ha: 40 x 900s, OIII: 38 x 900s, SII: 38 x 900s. Total exposure time: 29h, HSTpalette image.

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Location: Poland
Photo credit: © Łukasz Szczepanski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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