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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                 2024 November 21   
      
                          The Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus   
              Image Credit: Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgio Ferrari   
      
      Explanation: Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Story, the   
      Elephant's Trunk Nebula winds through the emission region and young   
      star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of   
      Cepheus. Also known as vdB 142, this cosmic elephant's trunk is over 20   
      light-years long. The detailed telescopic view features the bright   
      swept-back ridges and pockets of cool interstellar dust and gas that   
      abound in the region. But the dark, tendril-shaped clouds contain the   
      raw material for star formation and hide protostars within. Nearly   
      3,000 light-years distant, the relatively faint IC 1396 complex covers   
      a large region on the sky, spanning over 5 degrees. This rendition   
      spans a 1 degree wide field of view though, about the angular size of 2   
      full moons.   
      
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