Continuing this series of images captured with narrowband filters, here is the Elephant's Trunk Nebula. This is part of a much larger complex of interstellar gas and dust. The nebula appears to be a site of star formation as a number of very young stars have been detected in it. The bright rim of the trunk is a region ionized by a massive star, HD 206267, which is hidden in the cloud. This image was captured at the CSO on September 14, 2021.
The trials, tribulations and small triumphs of a Charlotte, NC astronomer imaging under Bortle 8/9 skies.
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