The Flaming Star Nebula with A Touch Of Hubble (Terry Hancock)

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The Flaming Star Nebula with A Touch Of Hubble

A Hubble palette type process using H-Alpha mapped to Green, OIII mapped to Blue and synthetic SII mapped to Red, blended with LRGB filters for natural star color. Captured from my amateur backyard observatory in Fremont, Michigan. Processed using CCDStack2 and post Processed in CS5. Total integration time 4.4 hours

Also known as IC405 and Caldwell 31, lying at a distance of approximately 1500 light years from us in the constellation Auriga this mesmerizing object is a combination of emission and reflection Nebulae.

Also visible towards the bottom left in this image is IC410 known as The Tadpoles lying at a much further distance of 12,000 light years, this faint Emission Nebula is energized by the neighboring Star Cluster NGC1893, far left in the image is emission Nebula IC417 at 10,000 light years distant containing an open cluster and sometimes referred to as the Spider Nebula.

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Size: 2.73 x 4.11 deg (4004 x 2667 pixels)

Captured March 11,22nd and 24th 2015

Location: DownUnderObservatory, Fremont, MI

LRGB 112 min, 7 x 4 min each 1x1

H-Alpha 80 min, 10 x 8 min bin 1x1

OIII 72 min, 9 x 8 min bin 1x1

LRGB 112 min, 7 x 4 min each 1x1

QHY11 monochrome CCD cooled to -20C

Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Stacking and Calibrating: CCDStack

Post Processing Photoshop CS5

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