Grey scale: first epoch H₂ image of IC 1396N obtained with the TNG, showing the positions and tangential velocity of the knots, derived from their proper motions, for a distance of 910 pc. The ellipses at the tip of each arrow indicate the uncertainty on the velocity. The axes of the red and blue lobes of outflow N are indicated respectively by the orange and magenta dash-dotted lines passing through the position of its exciting source, C. The axes of the red and blue lobes of outflow S are indicated respectively by the red and blue dash-dotted lines passing through the position of its exciting source, I. The large green star symbols mark the positions of the exciting sources C and I. The small black or white plus symbols mark the positions of the knots. An enlarged view of the interaction area can be seen in Fig. 4, where the identification of knots C6 to C17 is also shown.