High zoom image of the Elephant's Trunk nebula.
Captured with an 11 inch telescope with dual-band filters from the Negev desert on a very cold night.
Object info:
The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a dark nebula located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years from earth.
It is a site of star formation, containing several young stars which when born, push away the surrounding nebula and create bubbles of clear space.
