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The Tadpoles - IC 410, Rikesh Patel
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The Tadpoles - IC 410, Rikesh Patel
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Space is weird.

Here’s my latest image of IC 410, an emission nebula in the constellation of Auriga. The “Tadpoles” in this image are 10 light-year long regions of active star formation. This image is shot in HOO which closely resembles true colour.

Technical details:
- Skywatcher EQ6R-Pro
- ZWO ASI 294MC-pro
- Explore Scientific ED APO 102mm F7 FCD-100 Triplet Carbon Fibre
- Altair starwave 0.8x field flattener
- ZWO ASI-120MM-mini guide camera
- Skywatcher Evoguide 50ED guidescope
- 2 inch mounted Optolong L-eXtreme
- ZWO EAF
- Pegasus powerbox advance

Acquisition and processing:
- 34 x 300s (2h 50min), gain 125, offset 30, -15c
- Darks - 30
- Flats - 30
- Darkflats - 30
- APP/PS/Topaz/StarXterminator

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The Tadpoles - IC 410, Rikesh Patel