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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus, Harold Soto
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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus

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In the constellation Cepheus, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula is an emission nebula. Look toward the Garnet Star (Mu Cephei) to find this deep-sky object. IC 1396 is a significantly larger region of ionized gas that contains the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. A very bright, massive star (HD 206267), positioned near to the east of IC 1396A, is illuminating and ionizing the dense cloud's surface, which is seen as the bright rim.

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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus, Harold Soto