IC 1396 · vdB 142

Elephant’s Trunk

A dark pillar silhouetted against the IC 1396 emission complex in Cepheus. The trunk is the easy landmark.

Catalogue

IC 1396 · vdB 142

Constellation

Cepheus

Season

2025-26

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Location

Outskirts of Hyderabad

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Catalogue position

RA 21h 38m 38s · Dec +57° 28′ 59″ Show on the sky map