Elephant’s Trunk and the IC1396. Standard SHO narrow band image. Elephant’s trunk (the dark cloud in the left) is an area of interstellar gas and dust in the large ionized gas region IC1396. The area is located in the constellation Cepheus, about 2400 light years away from Earth.
The entire area is very dynamic. The IC1396 is being illuminated and ionized by a bright and massive star HD 206267 seen near the center of the frame. The Elephant’s Trunk region is currently thought to be a star formation site containing many young stars (less than 100,000 years old).
Integrated image#
- Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-85EDX
- Camera: ZWO ASI294MM Pro
- Mount: iOptron CEM40
- Filters: Astronomik H-alpha 6nm 1.25" + SII 6nm 1.25" + OIII 6nm 1.25"
- Post Processing: Astro Pixel Processor + PixInsight
- Total Integration time: 15h 35'