Having been inspired by the Bubble Nebula, I thought I would try for the Elephant Trunk Nebula and again I was very surprised with the results. The Bubble is still my favorite, but this one comes in a nice second. It is about 1,565 light years away from Earth. The entire IC 1396 region is ionized (energized to visible light) by a massive star. I really enjoy the black patches of interstellar dust that is blocking out all background starlight (upper to mid right side of photo). This was a stack of 157 subs frames culled out of 217 frames, each frame lasting 30 seconds (108.5 minutes of integration time).
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