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Elephants Trunk Nebula
52"h x50"w The Elephant’s eye is an energetic young star which is eating away the dust of a dark cometary globule. Jets and winds of particles emitted from this star are also pushing away ambient gas and dust. Nearly 3,000 light-years distant, this nebula, aka IC 1396, covers a region of the sky with an apparent width of more than 10 full moons. This quilt was inspired by astrophotography by Jean-Charles Cuillandre of the Canada,France, Hawaii Telescope $5850.00 |
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