Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  HD242784  ·  HD242799  ·  HD242820  ·  HD242855  ·  HD242908  ·  HD242925  ·  HD242926  ·  HD242935  ·  HD243110  ·  HD243178  ·  IC 410  ·  LBN 807  ·  NGC 1893  ·  Sh2-236
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
IC410 - Tadpoles Nebula, Willem Jan Drijfhout
Powered byPixInsight
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
IC410 - Tadpoles Nebula, Willem Jan Drijfhout
Powered byPixInsight

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Tadpoles nebula (IC410) is an emission nebula in the constellation Auriga. At the heart is a star cluster (NGC1893) that illuminates the surrounding gas clouds from which the young blue stars have just been formed. Characteristic are the two curly structure which give the nebula its nickname Tadpoles Nebula. They are clumps of gas and dust as part of the star formation. The high radiation pressure from the star cluster causes some of the gas to be pushed blown away into space, causing the curly tails. The very Hydrogen-rich area is also an object in the Sharpless catalogue, and known as Sh2-236. IC410 is part of a much larger nebulous area, that also incorporates the Flaming Star Nebula.
For the colours in the Hubble palette, the new SHO balancing PixelMath script of Bill Blanshan was used.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

IC410 - Tadpoles Nebula, Willem Jan Drijfhout