IC1396, The Elephant Trunk Nebula

noirlab_noao-ic1396 June 30th, 2020

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

This image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula was taken with the Mosaic camera on the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. The Elephant Trunk is a dense, elongated cloud of gas inside a bright cluster of stars known as IC 1396. The trunk conceals many young protostars that are in the process of forming.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic1396/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: IC 396A

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 21h 35m 27.8s; DEC = 57° 29’ 10.0”
Orientation: North is 90.3° CW
Field of View: 22.6 x 22.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Cepheus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic I)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic I)	Optical (i)	772.0 nm
WIYN-0.9m (Mosaic I)	Optical (B)	436.0 nm

ID: noao-ic1396
Subject Category
Subject Name: IC 396A
Credits: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and WIYN/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2020-06-30T21:34:05
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ic1396/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
Instrument: Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha, i, B
Central Wavelength: 656, 772, 436

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 323.865937585, 57.4860972479
Reference Dimension: 3200.0, 3200.0

Reference Pixel: 1642.76800537, 1014.36831665
Scale: -0.000118029450416, 0.000117858309192
Rotation: -90.304177819327
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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Email

Telephone
Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: noao-ic1396

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ic1396.tif
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Metadata Date: 2022-07-07T21:05:05-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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