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- Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:36 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2020 August
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Re: Submissions: 2020 August
The Elephant’s Trunk nebula (van den Bergh 142) is part of the emission nebula IC 1396. It is approximately 3,000 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cepheus. The Elephant Trunk is a site of star formation, containing several stars that may be only 100,000 years old. K_Elephant_TEC_FIN2_A...