IC 1396 · Star cluster with nebula · Cepheus

Elephant's Trunk Nebula

Also known as LBN 451 · LBN 452

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Type

Star cluster with nebula

Constellation

Cepheus

Position (J2000)

21h 38m 58s · +57° 29′ 21″

Discovered

by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1893

Pictures

1

Size

14′ × 4′

Distance

~2,700 ly

Best months

Jul–Sep

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.