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[NASA] APOD: 2026 August 20 – The Elephant’s Trunk in Cepheus

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

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The Elephant’s Trunk in Cepheus

Explanation: Like an illustration in a galactic

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, the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula winds through the emission region and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation
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. Also known as vdB 142, this cosmic elephant’s trunk is over 20 light-years long.
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view features the bright swept-back ridges and pockets of cool
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dust and gas that abound in the region. But the
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contain the raw material for star formation and hide
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. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, the relatively faint
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covers a large region on the sky, spanning over 5 degrees. Top to bottom this proboscidean-like rendition reaches across an almost 1 degree wide field of view, though. That’s a little less than the angular size of 2 full moons.

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Date August 20, 2026
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Authors & editors: Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, Keighley Rockcliffe
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