Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Flaming Star nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  The star 16Aur  ·  The star 19Aur
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IC 405 the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga, RonAdams
IC 405 the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga
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IC 405 the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga

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IC 405 the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga, RonAdams
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IC 405 the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga

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I wanted to image M42. However it was going to be about 2 1/2 hours before it got high

enough in the sky to image from my back yard. I looked around the sky and Noticed

Auriga. I viewed M38, M36, and M37. I had really nice views of all three objects but I really

didn't want to image them. I remembered IC 405 the Flaming Star Nebula was near M38.

I've never tried to image this object. I checked my star chart to see where it was located.

I placed the red dot finder on my scope in the place where I thought it should be. I then

took a test image and as luck would have it the object was in my field of view. This is a really

beautiful object with a distinctive appearance. My image really doesn't do the object justice

but with that said I am pleased that I was able to get an image. This is probably the hardest

astro image I've ever tried to process. I don't have any idea how many times I processed and

reprocessed my image. Please enjoy my first image of IC 405.

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IC 405 the Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga, RonAdams