              APOD: 2017 August 2 - The Dust Monster in IC 1396

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                                2017 August 2
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                         The Dust Monster in IC 1396
                   Image Credit & Copyright: Anis Abdul [3]

Explanation: Is there a monster in IC 1396 [4] ? Known to some as the
Elephant's Trunk Nebula [5] , parts of gas and dust [6]  clouds of this star
formation region [7] may appear to take on foreboding forms, some nearly human
[8] . The only real monster [9]  here, however, is a bright young star [10]
too far from Earth [11]  to hurt us. Energetic light [12]  from this star is
eating away the dust of the dark cometary globule [13]  near the top of the
featured image [14] . Jets [15]  and winds [16]  of particles emitted from
this star are also pushing away ambient gas and dust [17] . Nearly 3,000
light-years [18]  distant, the relatively faint IC 1396 complex [19]  covers a
much larger region on the sky than shown here, with an apparent width of more
than 10 full moon [20] s.

                      APOD Retrospective: August 2 [21]
                    Tomorrow's picture: dust pelican [22]

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