IC 1396 Nebula
IC 1396 in Cepheus
is a faint emission nebula approx. 2,400 light-years away from Earth. At 100 light-years across, this huge nebula mixes glowing gasses
and dark dust clouds, with a scattering of widely separated, hot, young stars. Within IC 1396, is the Elephant’s Trunk nebula (IC 1396A), rising up at 6 o'clock. The bright star (38,000x brighter than the Sun) at 3 o'clock, is mu Cephei; a red supergiant with a diameter larger than the orbit of Saturn.
This narrowband image is in collaboration with Telescope Live, and is comprised of SHO (Sulfur II-Hydrogen alpha-Oxygen III) data
mapped to the so-called Hubble Palette.
is a faint emission nebula approx. 2,400 light-years away from Earth. At 100 light-years across, this huge nebula mixes glowing gasses
and dark dust clouds, with a scattering of widely separated, hot, young stars. Within IC 1396, is the Elephant’s Trunk nebula (IC 1396A), rising up at 6 o'clock. The bright star (38,000x brighter than the Sun) at 3 o'clock, is mu Cephei; a red supergiant with a diameter larger than the orbit of Saturn.
This narrowband image is in collaboration with Telescope Live, and is comprised of SHO (Sulfur II-Hydrogen alpha-Oxygen III) data
mapped to the so-called Hubble Palette.