The Elephant Trunk (IC1396)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 14 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , the Elephant Trunk is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:13, 47° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:20 (EDT), 11° above your northern horizon.

Name The Elephant Trunk (IC1396)
Object type Nebula
Other names
The Elephant Trunk
IC 1396[1]
Cr 439[2]
LBN 452[3]
Position
Right ascension:21h38m [1]
Declination:+57°29' [1]
Constellation:Cepheus
Magnitude:3.50 (V) [2]

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