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NGC 1893 and IC417, Steven E Labkoff, MD
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NGC 1893 and IC417

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NGC 1893 and IC417, Steven E Labkoff, MD
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NGC 1893 and IC417

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NGC 1893 (left) and IC 417 (Right)

This pair of nebulae are located in Auriga, near Taurus, the Bull, near the star Elnath. NGC 1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light-years away. The star cluster is embedded in the HII region IC 410.[5]
Images of the star cluster by the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that it contains approximately 4600 young stellar objects.

Data:
Shot: 2021-11-05 10p-1a at the Westport Astronomical Society on my own gear.

Lights: 27 @ 240s (4min) each
Darks: 40
Flats: 40
Dark-Flats-40
Bias: 135

Camera: Nikon D750 - Astro-modified
Filter: STC Dual Narrowband Ha/Oiii
Telescope: Astrotech 92mm APO Refractor
Guide Scope: Astromania 60mm refractor
Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI120mini
Mount: Celestron AVX
Software:
Guiding: PHD2
Processing: PixInsight, Photoshop

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NGC 1893 and IC417, Steven E Labkoff, MD