Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  24 Aur  ·  IC 417  ·  NGC 1931  ·  The star φ Aur
Spider Nebula, IC 417, Michael Gruenwald
Spider Nebula, IC 417
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Spider Nebula, IC 417

Spider Nebula, IC 417, Michael Gruenwald
Spider Nebula, IC 417
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Spider Nebula, IC 417

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IC417, the Spider ,Fly Nebula.  Approximately 10,000 ly distant. The smaller one, The Fly Nebula, NGC1931, both  in  Auriga

Both are composed of huge gas and dust clouds , areas of new star formation. This is a great target in both RGB and SHO. I extracted "true color stars" from  photocalibrated RGB. This is only about 8 hours of SHO data, and about 4 RGB (for the stars only). Hubble Palette, processed in PI

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Spider Nebula, IC 417, Michael Gruenwald