Auriga Nebulosity (Peter Sigouin)

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

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Auriga Nebulosity

When I first started astro-imaging (from my cloudy light polluted home on Oahu) i pointed my scope at ic 405 and took an ugly, grainy, un-darksubtracted 15 minute shot. I had no Idea what it would look like, all i knew was that Stellarium told me that it was there and that its apparent size was BIG. It was my first 15 minute sub (well not a sub cause i didn't get more than one). The anticipation was insane, all the while bitting my nails, hoping for a cloud not to come. As soon as the image showed on the screen my mind was blown. I felt like i was the first one to discover it! I named the fits file "gottogetabettershot'. I was hooked on AP ever since.

Since then i have made connections and have been astro-imaging from darker sites. I have always wanted a decent stack of data for this object. Later, of course, i found out that the tadpoles were right next to IC 405, Thank you Astrobin! Its not just a photo sharing site, its a learning tool! More importantly Thanks to Doug from Myastroimages.com for being a great teacher.

This past weekend me and my buddy's were blessed with some amazing conditions on Haleakala summit, and I decided to give this object another go, with the tadpoles included, four years later. I hope you all like it. Aloha!

-Pete

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