This is my very personal bicolor HOO version of the beautiful nebula commonly called Elephant's Trunk. It is a particular dark nebula, also known as vBN 142, located in the larger IC 1396 region. This last notation identifies a very large open cluster which is associated with a vast diffuse nebula, visible in the constellation Cepheus. IC 1396 is about 3000 light-years from the Sun and is located in a stretch of the Milky Way partially obscured by dense banks of dark nebulae, in a galactic region rich in dust and neutral gas with associated young stars.

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