Sh2-131 – Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, Jul’24

I photographed the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula again, achieving an enhanced image with better equipment and longer exposure time across four sessions.

Sharpless 131 – Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

Sh2-131, also known as the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula, is a dark globule and star-forming region located in the constellation Cepheus, approximately 2,400 light-years away from Earth, reaching its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed mid August.

Astrophoto: Elephant’s Trunk Nebula – Sh2-131 – 09/21

The Elephant’s Trunk Nebula in my 2024 reprocessed version with photons collected in september 2021.

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