IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula (Matt Cole)

IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula

Here is a shot I took from my backyard (Bortle 7) of the Flaming Star Nebula also known as IC 405 from the Index Catalogue or SH2- 229 from the Sharpless Catalogue or Caldwell 31 from the Caldwell Catalogue. It is both a reflection and an emission nebula in the constellation Aurigae. IC 405 is approximately 1500 light years away from us and is about five light years across. The nebula is illuminated by the nearby variable star AE Aurigae which is the brightest star in the shot and “within’ the nebula as we see it.

Shots taken: November 14, 15, 16 and December 9, 10, 2023
Astro Tech 115 EDT w/ AT Field Flattener
Mount & Tripod & Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro on a JMI Medium Heavy Duty wheeley bar
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel T7i (800D)- Astro Modified HA, SII
Filter: Clip- In Astronomik CLS
Guide Scope: Skywatcher EVO Guide 50mm ED
Guide Cam: ZWO ASI 290mm Mini
Captured w/ ZWO ASI Air Plus & Focused with Backyard EOS
Dew Zapper- Powered by Celestron Power Tank 17
Exposures: ISO- 1600, 180 second shots dithered 10 pixels every other shot
Total Integration: 149 frames- 7 hours 20 minutes
Stacked with Deep Sky Stacker (DSS) 2x drizzle
Edited: PixInsight
Shot in my moderately light polluted backyard- Bortle: 7
Moon- No moon all nights
Darks: 80, Flats: 80, Bias: 80

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