The Great Cluster of Hercules

M13"

Acquisition: SkyWatcher 130-PDS. August, 2022


M13

Acquisition: Redcat 51. June, 2022


Location in Sky

elephants trunk nebula

Quick Facts

  • Catalog: IC 1396.
  • Discovered: 1893, Edward Barnard.
  • Distance from Earth: 2,400 Lightyears.
  • Diameter: 20 Lightyears
  • Magnitude: 3.5
  • Best Visible: Late Summer.

    • Description

    The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is located in the constellation Cepheus, within the giant interstellar gas cloud known as IC 1396. The Nebula is located at the bottom part of the cloud, reaching up towards the middle. The Elephant's trunk is 20 Lightyears long, while the gas cloud it is located in is roughly 100 Lightyears across, which makes IC 1396 one of the largest nebula in the North American sky.