Elephant Trunk Nebula (IC 1396)

This image of the Elephant Trunk Nebula is a stack of 61 4-minute exposures taken over two nights in Abbotsford. IC 1396 is a large open star cluster in Cepheus with a faint nebulous background.  The bright star near the bottom of the image is the triple Struve 2819.  The Elephant Trunk is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within IC 1396 - outlined in red in the top middle of the image. 

Pelican Nebula (IC 5070)

This image of the Pelican Nebula is a stack of 67 4-minute exposures taken over two nights in Abbotsford.  The nebula is a large emission nebula which resembles a pelican in shape.  It is located in Cygnus and is 2,000 light years away.

Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6995)

This image of the Eastern Veil Nebula was taken from my deck in Abbotsford and consists of a stack of 60 4-minute exposures taken over two successive nights.  The Eastern and Western Veil Nebulae are remnants of a supernova explosion between 5,000 and 8,000 years ago.  They are located in Cygnus and are about 2600 light years from Earth.

Western Veil Nebula (NGC 6960)

This image of the Veil Nebula was taken over two nights from my back deck in Abbotsford.  It is a stack of 46 4-minute exposures.  The Veil Nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus and is about 2,600 light years from Earth.