Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) and Tadpole Emission Nebula (IC 410) in modified HST Palette (Brian Gfeller)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: Flaming Star nebula · IC 405 · IC 410 · NGC 1893 · The star 16Aur · The star 19Aur

Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) and Tadpole Emission Nebula (IC 410) in modified HST Palette, Brian Gfeller

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Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) and Tadpole Emission Nebula (IC 410) in modified HST Palette

Finally was able to capture the SII data for this shot. So I combined the Ha and OIII data that I captured previously in early 2014.

Widefield view of the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) and the Tadpole Emission Nebula (IC 410). Both nebula reside in the constellation of Auriga, latin for "charioteer", but their distances are very different.

The Flaming Star Nebula lies an estimated 1,500 light-years (ly) away and its bright central star designated as AE-Aurigae is an O-type variable star that energizes the surrounding hydrogen gas that reminds me of waves crashing on a beach.

Compared to the relatively close Flaming Star Nebula, the Tadpole Emission Nebula (IC 410) lies 12,000 ly away. The most prominent feature in this nursery are the two tendrils of gas that resemble tadpoles. The nebula surrounds a young cluster of stars designated as NGC 1893.

UPDATE: 9/2/2024 - Finally I am getting around to reprocessing some of my older images. Partly due to Astrobin having a data loss on these images many years ago and I wanted to try my hand at doing some updates to these older data sets to see what I can do with the techniques I've learned over the years.

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