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Flaming Star & Tadpoles Nebulae (IC405 & IC410) in H-Alpha, Terry Hancock

Flaming Star & Tadpoles Nebulae (IC405 & IC410) in H-Alpha

Flaming Star & Tadpoles Nebulae (IC405 & IC410) in H-Alpha, Terry Hancock

Flaming Star & Tadpoles Nebulae (IC405 & IC410) in H-Alpha

Description

Photographed in November 2017 from my home at the Grand Mesa Observatory in Western Colorado using the QHY367C in H-Alpha with the Chroma 5nm Filter. For a total integration time of 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Also known as IC405 and Caldwell 31, lying at a distance of approximately 1500 light years from us in the constellation Auriga this object is a combination of emission and reflection Nebulae.Visible towards the top left in this image is IC410 known as The Tadpoles lying at a much further distance of 12,000 light years, this faint Emission Nebula is energized by the neighboring Star Cluster NGC1893.

Image capture details

Terry Hancock downunderobservatory.com

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Whitewater, Colorado

Dates: November 26, 2017

H Alpha 16 x 600 sec, Chroma 5nm

Camera: QHY367C @-20C

Gain 2850, Offset 76 with Dark Frames no Flat.

Optics: Takahashi FSQ-130

EQ Mount: Paramount ME

Image: Acquisition software Maxim DL5

PRE Processing in Deep Sky Stacker

Post Processing with Pixinsight and Photoshop

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Flaming Star & Tadpoles Nebulae (IC405 & IC410) in H-Alpha, Terry Hancock