# Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

A dark column of dust curls into blue-green and copper-coloured gas in IC 1396 in Cepheus. Photographed with the DWARFLAB Mini in equatorial mode over about eight and a half hours of 90-second exposures, then processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.

- **Category:** Deep sky
- **Object:** IC 1396 (Elephant Trunk Nebula)
- **Position:** RA 324.745 deg, Dec 57.5139 deg (ICRS J2000)
- **Equipment:** DWARFLAB Mini, equatorial mode · DWARFLAB hydraulic tripod · 90-second exposures, gain 60, DUO + ASTRO filters · PixInsight – Photoshop
- **Published:** 2026-11-04
- **Photographed:** 2026-10-29

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