Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Flaming Star Nebula  ·  IC 405
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IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula - Feb 2021, EdHoltAstro
IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula - Feb 2021
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IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula - Feb 2021

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IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula - Feb 2021, EdHoltAstro
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IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula - Feb 2021

Revision title: IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula - Feb 2021

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Description

The Flaming Star Nebula - IC405

Emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga. 1500ly

Taken using a small refracting telescope and a Canon DSLR camera from my small light-polluted Cambridgeshire garden.

Just over 3 hours of total integration, processed with Deep Sky Stacker and Adobe Photoshop.

Comments welcome, thanks. Ed

Acquisition Equipment

Camera - CANON EOS 60D (Mod)

Filter - Astronomik CLS-CCD EOS Clip

Telescope - SkyWatcher 80ED

Reducer/Flattener - 0.85x

Focal Length - 510mm

F Ratio - F6.3

Mount - Celestron CG-5 Adv GT GEM

Guide Scope - Celestron 9x50

Guide Camera - QHY 5 Mono

Image Capture

65 x 180 sec = 3Hrs 15Mins

100 x Dark frames

100 x Bias frames

100 x Flat frames

100 x Dark flat frames

Acquisition Software

Capture/Sequence - N.I.N.A.

Plate Solving - ASTAP

Guiding - PHD2

Planetarium - Stellarium

Processing Software

Stacking - DeepSkyStacker

Post - Adobe Photoshop / Bridge / Camera Raw / StarNet++

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IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula - Feb 2021, EdHoltAstro