The elephant trunk nebula (VDB 142) in Cepheus

by: J.Lodriguss/Novapix
Reference: a-nec13-96007
Date: 2007-01-10

Van den Berg 142 is a small 1 arc minute patch of reflection nebulae inside of the very large area of emission nebulosity IC 1396 in Cepheus. It is visible near the bottom center of the frame here. An 8.8 magnitude star appears to be involved in VDB 142, and it lies in a complex of emission and dark nebulae. B161, a dark nebula 13 x 3 arc minutes is visible in the left center of the frame.

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