IC 1396

Constellation: Cepheus

Distance: 3000 Light Years

A large HII region in the constellation Cepheus by a single massive supergiant blue star at its center. At its northern edge (top in this image) is the 4th magnitude star Mu Cepheii, also known as Hershel's Garnet star, a red supergiant star that is one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way, visually more than 100,000 times brighter than our sun.