Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)
The whole IC 1396 region in Cepheus – and within it a dark trunk sculpted by starlight.
What you get
- Format
- JPEG
- Resolution
- 5 378 × 3 660 px (19.7 MPx)
- Aspect ratio
- 1,47:1
- File size
- 17.4 MB
- Recommended print size
- 45 × 30 cm at 300 DPI – viewed up close
68 × 46 cm at 200 DPI – framed on a wall
Larger prints are possible but will look softer up close. - Suitable for
- For printing for personal use, or as a desktop or TV background.
- Licence
- Personal, non-commercial use. You may not resell, share or use the file commercially. Terms
- Watermark
- No watermark. If the image carries the author’s signature, so does the file.
- Delivery
- Download link right after payment – on the order page and by e-mail. Valid 7 days, 5 downloads.
About the object
IC 1396 is a vast region of glowing hydrogen about 2,400 light years away. The Elephant's Trunk (IC 1396A) is a denser pillar of dust being eroded by radiation from a massive star at the centre of the region. Inside the trunk, new stars are forming.
How the image was made
- Captured
- 29 September 2025 (start, several nights)
- Total exposure
- 8 h 45 min (105 × 300 s)
- Camera
- ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Focal length
- 449 mm
- Mount
- ZWO AM5N
- Location
- Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (home observatory)
- Calibration & stacking
- Siril 1.4.0-beta4
- Processing
- Adobe Lightroom 8.5.1 (Windows)
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