IC 1396A Elephant Trunk Nebula

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noirlab_noao1507a November 11th, 2015

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. IC 1396 is a giant emission nebula that is over 3 degrees in diameter. It is illuminated by a hot, massive O-type star (HD 206267) near its center. The star is not visible in this image- it is off of the top edge. This image is of IC 1396A, a dark, dense cloud of gas embedded in the nebula. It is informally known as the “Elephant Trunk Nebula” because of its distinctive shape. Images of other parts of IC 1396 are also available in this gallery. The image was generated with observations in the Hydrogen alpha (red), Sulphur [SII] (blue) and I (orange) filters. In this image, North is right, East is up.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1507a/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 396A
Noirlab_noao1507a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 35m 35.6s
DEC = 57° 28’ 54.0”
Orientation
North is 89.8° CW
Field of View
30.2 x 30.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Cepheus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Ha) 656.0 nm
Blue KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (Sll) 672.0 nm
Orange KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (I) 805.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Blue
Orange
Noirlab_noao1507a_1280
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ID
noao1507a
Subject Category
Subject Name
IC 396A
Credits
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
Release Date
2015-11-11T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1507a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
Color Assignment
Red, Blue, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Ha, Sll, I
Central Wavelength
656, 672, 805
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
323.898347756, 57.4816577536
Reference Dimension
6993.0, 6933.0
Reference Pixel
3496.5, 3466.5
Scale
-7.20864750661e-05, 7.20864750661e-05
Rotation
-89.7600000000001
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
noao1507a
Metadata Date
2022-01-27T07:41:15.556485
Metadata Version
1.1
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