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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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                                    2023 June 8   
      
                           Elephant's Trunk and Caravan   
             Image Credit & Copyright: Steve Cannistra (StarryWonders)   
      
      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. Seen on the left the cosmic elephant's trunk, also known as   
      vdB 142, is over 20 light-years long. This 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. Of course the dark shapes below and to the right   
      of the outstretched Elephant's Trunk, are known to some as The Caravan.   
      
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