The Elephant Trunk Nebula is a bright emission nebula in the constellation of Cepheus. This is a bit of a closeup but the entire nebula is roughly spherical and is energized by the bright star a little above the “trunk” in this picture.
This was shot with my 11″ SCT at f/1.9 with an L-Extreme F2 filter and an ASI2600MC Pro for a total of 137 minutes from the River Ridge Observatory.
