Mastodawn

Frank Adler Aug 19, 2025

Der Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in IC 1396. Diese beeindruckende Säule aus Gas und Staub wird von massiven Sternen geformt und ist ein kosmisches Kinderzimmer für neue Sterne.

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#Astrophotography #ElephantsTrunk #IC1396 #DeepSky #StarFormation #Cosmos #astrophoto #astrodon

Frank Adler Aug 19, 2025

The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)
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Stepping into this frame feels like drifting through a quiet storm of gas, dust, and newborn stars. Center stage is the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, a sinuous, pillar-like structure embedded within the vast emission nebula IC 1396 in the constellation Cepheus. The scene spans light-years of interstellar sculpture carved by radiation and stellar winds from hot, massive stars.

This region captures a star-forming ecosystem in motion. Radiation from massive stars sculpts the surrounding cloud into pillars and globules, compressing some areas while dispersing others. Over millions of years, these processes recycle cosmic material, seeding future generations of stars and planets — raw ingredients for worlds and, potentially, life.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 0.6x Reducer
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
Filter: Antlia Tri-Band RGB Ultra
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5-GT
Guiding: Svbony SV165 with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro

Integration time: 5hrs 40min

Full version and print available at:
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#astrophotography #astrophoto #astrophotographer #deepsky #deepskyphotography #deepskyobject #deepskyastrophotography #nebula #deepspace #space #nightsky #astronomy #cosmos #stargazing #stellarevolution #spaceisart #ic1396 #elephantstrunk #elephantstrunknebula #elephantstrunknebulae

Khurram Wadee ✅Nov 21, 2024

The Elephant’s Trunk in #Cepheus
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241121.html

#APOD #ElephantsTrunk

APOD: 2024 November 21 - The Elephant s Trunk in Cepheus

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

Alex Jun 30, 2023

Djaffar nous montre #ic1396 la #nébuleuse de la trompe de l'éléphant. 42 poses de 300 secondes .
Il a utilisé le SW200/800 + ASI2600 et le filtre L-Extreme

#astronomy #astronomie #nebula #lanebuleuse #astrophotography #astrophotographie #astrodon #elephantstrunk #elephanttrunk

Khurram Wadee ✅Jun 8, 2023

Elephant’s Trunk and #Caravan
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230608.html

#APOD #ElephantsTrunk #Nebula

APOD: 2023 June 8 - Elephant's Trunk and Caravan

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

smilingj.net Dec 5, 2022

New month, new first light. This time for my new, used bought, L-Extreme duo narrowband filter.

Blog: https://smilingj.net/blog/2022/07/2022-07-15_elephants_trunk.html

#astrophotography #elephantstrunk #elephantstrunknebula #pixinsight #130pds #heq5pro #zwo #asi294mc #asi294mcpro #lextreme

Elephant's Trunk

New month, new first light. This time for my new, used bought, L-Extreme duo narrowband filter.

Josh Kovach Nov 30, 2022

It's amazing how the same data can be reprocessed to completely different results. Lately I've been noticing my images have had a lot of pink hue to them, and I'm not sure what I'm doing to make that happen.

First image was processed a few months back and I forgot to finish it. The second is from today using some of my newer techniques. The third is a slow fade between the two.

Target Is LDN 1121 in Cepheus. I'll make an official post for this later. #Astrophotography #Astrodon #ElephantsTrunk

Chris Lee (he/him)Nov 11, 2022

I love my #progrock but bonus points to the band #MostlyAutumn for song, lyrics and album cover (#elephantstrunk) to #graveyardstar title track about a dying star. Love the poetic symbology. Worthy of a #spacerockslive thumbs up🖖🤘@markmccaughrean