The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in IC 1396

by Eli Perelman

Objects in field: IC 1396, LDN, LDN 1085, LDN 1087, LDN 1088, LDN 1090, LDN 1092, LDN 1093, LDN 1095, LDN 1096, LDN 1098, LDN 1099, LDN 1101, LDN 1102, LDN 1103, LDN 1104, LDN 1105, LDN 1106, LDN 1110, LDN 1111, LDN 1112, LDN 1113, LDN 1116, LDN 1117, LDN 1121, LDN 1123, LDN 1124, LDN 1126, LDN 1127, LDN 1128, LDN 1130, LBN 451, LBN 452, LBN 455, LBN 456, LBN 457, Sh2-131, VdB142, B160, B161, B162, B163, B365, B367, Erakis, Erakis (μ Cep), mu. Cep, PK100+04.1, The star The Garnet Star, V0429 Cep, V0432 Cep, V0568 Cep

Equipment: William Optics RedCat 91 WIFD, ZWO ASI2600MM DUO

Integration: 27h 54m

Located roughly 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A) is a dense globule of gas and dust nested within the larger star-forming emission region of IC 1396. This image represents 27 hours and 54 minutes of total integration time captured across 7 nights from Bortle 4 skies (except one night of H-a in Omaha) at the Omaha Astronomical Society’s…