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 04:27, 54° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:54 (EDT), 10° above your northern horizon.
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Name
The Elephant Trunk (IC1396)
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Object type
Nebula
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Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.