Elephant's Trunk Nebula and its locality (IC1396): My first attempt to adapt a thirty years old 90mm f2.8 macro lens to an astro camera. 4 nights in Feb-March '26, total exposure 3 hrs 37 min, narrowband Ha-Oiii filter, processed in Siril.
The bright red star on the outer edge of the nebula at 4 o'clock is Mu Cephei, William Herschel's Garnet Star, one of the largest stars in our galaxy.
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wonders at wondering: I
a universe of atoms
an atom in the universe."
~ Richard P. Feynman.

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Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396A): Only second astrophotography this winter, given either eternal cloud cover or arctic temperature.

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