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Apod

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

APOD

ELEPHANT TRUNK NEBULA

FACTS

  • Winds through a young star cluster complex called IC 1396.
  • Also known as vdB 142
  • The trunk is over 20 light years long

KEY TERMS

  • Nebula- a cloud of gas and dust in space that is usually visibly bright, or a silhouette against other bright matter.
  • Star cluster- a group of stars that are bound together by gravity.