Posted on 06/08/2023 12:46:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Like an illustration in a galactic Just So Story, the Elephant's Trunk Nebula winds through the emission region and young star cluster complex IC 1396, in the high and far off constellation of Cepheus. Seen on the left the cosmic elephant's trunk, also known as vdB 142, is over 20 light-years long. This detailed telescopic view features the bright swept-back ridges and pockets of cool interstellar dust and gas that abound in the region. But the dark, tendril-shaped clouds contain the raw material for star formation and hide protostars within. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, the relatively faint IC 1396 complex covers a large region on the sky, spanning over 5 degrees. This rendition spans a 1 degree wide field of view though, about the angular size of 2 full moons. Of course the dark shapes below and to the right of the outstretched Elephant's Trunk, are known to some as The Caravan.
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I went to the Animal Fair.
The birds and the beasts were there.
The Red Baboon by the light of the moon,
Was coming his auburn hair!.
The Monkey he got drunk,
And stepped on the Elephant’s Trunk!
The Elephant sneezed!
And fell to his knees!
And that was the end of the Monk!...the Monk!...the Monk!...the Monk!...................
As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
I came upon Mother Goose
So I turned her loose —
But she was screaming.
And a foreign student said to me,
“Was it really true There are elephants and lions too
In Piccadilly Circus?”
Q: Why do elephants have trunks?
A: They’d look pretty silly with glove compartments...
Dat be rayciss! LOL
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