Roger Inõgashira

thefirststarr:
“The elegant Elephant’s Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. This composite was recorded through narrow band filters that transmit the...

thefirststarr:

The elegant Elephant’s Trunk Nebula winds through the emission nebula and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. This composite was recorded through narrow band filters that transmit the light from ionized hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen atoms in the region. The resulting image highlights the bright swept-back ridges that outline pockets of cool interstellar dust and gas. Such embedded, dark, tendril-shaped clouds contain the raw material for star formation and hide protostars within the obscuring cosmic dust. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, the relatively faint IC 1396 complex covers a large region on the sky.

Image Credit & Copyright: J.C. Canonne, P. Bernhard, D. Chaplain & L. Bourgona

That’s beautiful sky in the space! 🌌🌐