IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk
Constellation: Cepheus
Distance: 2,400 light-years
Barnard 72 is a large feature roughly the same angular size of the full moon. Barnard 68, the Ink Spot just below the snakes head in this photo. Dark nebulae are not unlike what we normally think of as a nebula. The are expansive clouds of gas and dust that could potentially form stars in the future. With no form of illumination, the only way that these nebulae can be observed is when they obscure the light of objects behind them.
Taken 8/3/19 at Hudson Lake Michigan by Russell Kille on a Celestron 14" Edge HD with Hyperstar @ F1.9 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera
Taken 9/7/18 in Mackinaw, Michigan by Russell Kille on a CPC 1100 with Hyperstar @ F2 and ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera
