IC 1396 vdB 142

 Elephant Trunk Nebula

Hundreds of light-years across and about 3,000 light years from Earth, stars are forming in this area. The Elephant Trunk nebula contains several very young stars (less than 100,000 years old) that were discovered in 2003. The combined action of the massive star ionizing the rim of the cloud, and the wind from the young stars at its center blowing outward, generates very high compression in the Elephant Trunk. This is thought to have triggered the formation of protostars.

Technical Data

Bortle Scale / SQM-L Bortle 4/5  / ---
Period July 2016
Primary Scope  Takahashi FSQ 106/381
Camera CCD  KAF-8300
Mount NEQ6
Total Exposure Time 9h
Composition SHO  - Hubble Palette
Location Val Imagna (Bergamo) Italy

 

 

Trunk Detail

Trunk Detail

Halpha Signal

Halpha Signal

 IN CFHT PALETTE

 © Efrem Frigeni Astrophoto

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