IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula (Ivaylo Stoynov)

IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula

IC 405 is an amazing object, very popular one and deserves a good place in everybody's collection

It is my second attempt for imaging it in narrowband and hope the third one to be an image that can proudly show. But still am considering this as pleasing one that can be shared

The AE Aurigae star (the brightest in the image) also named The Flaming Star is an irregular variable. A study of the star's proper motion gives hypothesis that in the past it could been part of the Orion's belt area. The star and the surrounding nebula are ~1500 l.y. away with size ~5 l.y. The whole IC 405 nebula, a mix of hydrogen and carbon-rich dust, is lit by the AE Aurigae energy which is very hot. The missing in the image blue part is a light reflection of the The Flaming Star.

This was not a main project. Just used the left clear skies after the main imaging object OU4 got low and till the late autumn fogs falling. Lesson learned from this attempt - the framing could be better, the OIII filter doesn't give good data and there is need to try B filter go get famous blue part

https://www.astrophotography.app/

Sony 694 Images
Astroimaging from Bulgaria
The refractors!
Imaged with APT
Narrowband imaging

Please note: The following tables are updated every 24 hours.

Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

Submitted The date and time when you submitted this image for IOTD/TP consideration.	...
Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
Promotions by Reviewers When 3 distinct Reviewers promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for IOTD status.
Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

Status	Basic failed
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	2432438
PixInsight job	n/a
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	n/a

Image Index:

Contribution Index (beta):