Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  24 Aur  ·  Flaming Star Nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  IC 417  ·  NGC 1893  ·  NGC 1931  ·  The star 14 Aur  ·  The star 16 Aur  ·  The star 17 Aur  ·  The star 18 Aur  ·  The star 19 Aur  ·  The star φ Aur
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The Flaming star and Tadpoles Nebula

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The Flaming star and Tadpoles Nebula

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Underneath the canopy of stars lies a world of wonder waiting to be discovered. 🌟✨

The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405, Caldwell 31 & Sh2-229) is a rippling cloud of gas and dust lying about 1,500 light years away in Auriga, the Charioteer. It is one of the finest imaging targets in the northern sky as a large, attractive and famous nebula that’s both an emission (H-II region) and reflection nebula rolled into one.

Two degrees south-east of the Flaming Star Nebula is IC 410, an attractive emission nebula and another great imaging target that has the popular title of ‘The Tadpoles’.

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The Flaming star and Tadpoles Nebula, AstroDarks