Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Flaming Star Nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  NGC 1893  ·  The star 16 Aur  ·  The star 17 Aur  ·  The star 18 Aur  ·  The star 19 Aur
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IC 405 - Flaming Stars!, Tom Gray
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IC 405 - Flaming Stars!

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IC 405 - Flaming Stars!

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I’ve been a little greedy trying for two DSOs and failing to get either in their entirety.

A combination of RGB and some NB using my L-eNhance filter provides good colour and some differentiation of these nebulae. The flaming star nebula lies 1500 LY away surrounding AE Aurigae - a nice reflection nebula surrounded by hydrogen emissions. 

IC 410 lies lower left, and are those a couple of elongated tadpoles swimming into view. Clearly some alignment issues, but overall not bad for a SCT f6 reducer on a semi-APO refractor.

I pulled back the gamma a little in the final image to provide some more contrast. So many bright stars in this area!

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  • Final
    IC 405 - Flaming Stars!, Tom Gray
    Original
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    B
  • IC 405 - Flaming Stars!, Tom Gray
    C

B

Title: The original without any gamma reduction

Description: Standard workflow in Startools with star reduction and dimming

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C

Title: The flaming star

Description: 261m data (300s subs) - LeNhance + RGB stars

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IC 405 - Flaming Stars!, Tom Gray