IC 1396A - The Elephant's Trunk Nebula
This is a dark, dense region of interstellar gas and dust located about 2,400 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. 4 hours exposure on the Seestar S50, processed and edited in Siril and GIMP.
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: #BryceCanyon in #Utah isn’t actually a #canyon – it’s a series of natural amphitheaters holding the world’s largest collection of #hoodoos, rock spires up to 60m tall that began forming 50 million years ago. 🏜️
The #park sits at 2,400m elevation, hosts #endangered species like the Utah #prairiedog and #California #condor, and became an International Dark Sky Park in 2019. 🌌
👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/environment/bryce-canyon-utah
#geology #nationalparks #erosion #fossils #darksky #wildlife #hiking #desert #paiute #nature

Utah's Bryce Canyon isn’t a canyon at all, but a vast high plateau carved into numerous amphitheatres – and within these incredible rock formations there is life.
NGC 7635 - Bubble Nebula
Caldwell 11 is also known as the Bubble Nebula and is 7000 light years away in Cassiopeia. The bubble is formed by the stellar winds from a massive star which also illuminates the nearby giant molecular cloud.
Seestar S50
Processed in Siril and GIMP
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NGC 6946 - the Fireworks Galaxy
An incredibly active galaxy for new star formation, it's also known to produce super novae. It lies between Cepheus and Cygnus and is approx 25 million light years away.
Seestar S50
Processed in Siril and GIMP
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