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Elephant Trunk Nebula Acrylic Print
by Peter Kennett
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Elephant Trunk Nebula acrylic print by Peter Kennett. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of an acrylic print. Your image gets printed directly onto the back of a 1/4" thick sheet of clear acrylic. The high gloss of the acrylic sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results. Two different mounting options are available, see below.
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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years... more
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The Elephant's Trunk Nebula (IC1396) is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. The piece of the nebula shown here enlarged is the dark, dense globule IC 1396A; it is commonly called the Elephant's Trunk nebula because of its appearance at visible light wavelengths, where there is a dark patch with a bright, sinuous rim. The bright rim is the surface of the dense cloud that is being illuminated and ionized by a very bright, massive star (HD 206267) that is just to the east of IC 1396A. The entire IC 1396 region is ionized by the massive star, except for dense globules that can protect themselves from the star's harsh ultraviolet rays.
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is now thought to be a site of star formation, containing several very young (less than 100,000 yrs) stars that were discovered in infrared images in 2003. Two older (but still young, a couple of million years, by the standards of stars,...
About Peter Kennett
Peter enjoys finding new places to explore and to capturing both the beauty and the feeling of the places he explores. His art has graced the halls of American Embassies around the world, airports and businesses. He continues to travel the world with his very patient wife Megan at his side.
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