You'll have a hard time seeing this emission nebula visually, even with a large telescope. IC-1396, in Cepheus is nearly 3 degrees wide and has a low surface brightness. This photo is a layered combination of two 1-hour exposures using a Hasselblad 500 C/M and a 350mm f/5.6 lens. The film was E200 pushed one stop. It was taken on July 5, 2008 from Harrington Beach State Park in Lake Church, Wisconsin. The red star to the immediate left of IC 1396 is Herschel's Garnet Star (Mu Cephi). To the naked eye, it's a 4th magnitude red star (variable between 3.4 and 5.1 magnitude), but it lies about 5,000 light years away, so it's very bright. It's also very big. It's diameter exceeds that of the orbit of Mars.