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IC 1396A
IC 1396A — Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Emission Nebula
· CepheusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Cepheus
- Right ascension
- 21h 36m 00s
- Declination
- +57° 24′ 00″
- Magnitude
- Not recorded
- Angular size
- 14′ × 2′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Jul-Nov
- Catalog IDs
- IC 1396A;LBN 452
About this target
Elephant's Trunk (IC 1396A) centered at SIMBAD J2000 21h36m +57d24m. 14 × 2 arcmin is cataloged compact nebula extent from Deep Sky Corner; broader 38 × 10 arcmin earlier footprint referred to surrounding extended photographic structure. May require larger framing for context.