| Object | |
| Description: | Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VdB142) | 
| Type: | Dark Nebula | 
| Constellation: | Cepheus | 
| Distance: | 2,400 ly | 
| Image | |
| Date: | July 25, 2014 | 
| Location: | Palomar Mountain, CA | 
| Exposure: | Ha 8x15 (1x1), R 4x5, G 4x5, B 4x5 (bin 2x2) | 
| Equipment | |
| Optics: | Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor | 
| Focal Length: | 530mm @f/5 | 
| Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO | 
| Camera: | FLI ML-6303E | 
| Focuser: | Robo-Focus | 
| Filters: | FLI CFW2-7, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB, 3nm Ha | 
| Software: | MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop | 

