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The edge of the Trunk

Jeffrey Horne from Nashville, Tennessee

Emission, reflection, and dark nebulae — this scene in Cepheus has it all. The region lies just north of the oft-imaged Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in IC 1396. This Hubble-palette image represents 174 hours of exposure with a 2.4-inch scope.