Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  IC 417  ·  NGC 1931  ·  The star φAur
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IC 417 & NGC 1931 - The Spider and The Fly , Oliver Czernetz
IC 417 & NGC 1931 - The Spider and The Fly
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IC 417 & NGC 1931 - The Spider and The Fly

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IC 417 & NGC 1931 - The Spider and The Fly , Oliver Czernetz
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IC 417 & NGC 1931 - The Spider and The Fly

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IC 417 & NGC 1931 - The Spider and The Fly

(3 Panel Mosaic)

About 10,000 light-years distant, both represent young, open star clusters formed in interstellar clouds and still embedded in glowing hydrogen gas. For scale, the more compact NGC 1931 is about 10 light-years across.

Image Assembly and Processing: Oliver Czernetz

Data courtesy: POSS-II Survey (3 Frames, R+B, G synthesized).

Software: Fits Liberator, RegiStar, Photoshop CS5.

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(The Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS-II) was made by the California Institute of Technology with funds from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Sloan Foundation, the Samuel Oschin Foundation, and the Eastman Kodak Corporation.)

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IC 417 & NGC 1931 - The Spider and The Fly , Oliver Czernetz