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 South El Monte , the Elephant Trunk is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 18:24 (PST), 29° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, becoming tricky to observe after 20:14 when it dips 16° above your north-western horizon. At 05:03, it will return to an altitude of 16° above your north-eastern horizon, and reach an altitude of 21° before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:45.
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Name
The Elephant Trunk (IC1396)
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Object type
Nebula
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Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.