IC 405 -- The Flaming Star Nebula in LRGB (Richard Beck)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: AE Aur · Flaming Star Nebula · IC 405 · Sh2-229

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IC 405 -- The Flaming Star Nebula in LRGB

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IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. It surrounds the irregular variable star AE Aurigae and is located near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the K-class star Iota Aurigae. The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0', and lies about 1,500 light-years away from Earth.

For those who have looked closely at the number of nights, I wasn't certain I wanted to complete imaging of this area. The nebulosity was hard to see in individual Lum subs, but I captured more while I waited for IC 434 to get high enough above the horizon. After the second night, I ran WBPP on the Lum subs I had and saw enough signal in the integration which allowed me to decide to complete the acquisition of Lum subs as well as the RGB subs.

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RA (center)	05h15m53s.773
RA (top/left)	05h18m56s.793
RA (top/right)	05h12m40s.471
RA (bottom/right)	05h12m52s.785
RA (bottom/left)	05h19m05s.203

Dec (center)	+34°25′45″.57
Dec (top/left)	+34°54′10″.58
Dec (top/right)	+34°51′04″.61
Dec (bottom/right)	+33°57′03″.13
Dec (bottom/left)	+34°00′05″.17

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