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Elephant's Trunk nebula


Spitzer Space Telescope photo of the nebula.
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The Elephant's Trunk nebula is a concentration of interstallar dust in the IC 1396 star cluster located in the Cepheus constellation about 3,000 light years away from Earth. The nebula is known as a stellar nursery since it is thought to be made up of raw material of newborn stars.





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