Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1893
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The Tadpoles Nebula (IC410), JohnEEvans
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The Tadpoles Nebula (IC410)

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The Tadpoles Nebula (IC410)

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IC 410 is located 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. Its nicknamed the Tadpole Nebula because of the tadpole-shaped clouds of dark dust that appear to be swimming towards the centre.The Tadpole Nebula is a region of ionised hydrogen gas spanning over 100 light-years across that's carved and sculpted by called stellar winds from the open star cluster NGC 1893.

The first version is SHO with RGB stars. The second version uses the colourised SHO technique.

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The Tadpoles Nebula (IC410), JohnEEvans