Elephant’s Trunk Nebula
- Acquisition Details
- Captured Date: November 2019
- Location Information
- Constellation: Cepheus
- Coordinates (RA,DA): 324.727, 57.489
- Distance: 2400 Light-years
- Catalogue Designations
- IC:1396
- Equipment Used
- Mount: HEQ5
- Telescope: William Optics Zenithstar 61
- Main Camera: ASI071MC
The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. 1