IC 410 - 2020 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: 18 Aur · 19 Aur · IC 410 · NGC 1893 · PGC 168946 · PGC 168949 · PGC 17247 · PGC 17272 · PGC 17275 · Sh2-236 · The star 19Aur · VdB39

IC 410 - 2020

This object is an emission nebula located 12,000 light years away in the constellation of Auriga at a declination of +33 degrees.

This nebula is illuminated by the central open cluster of hot stars known as NGC 1893. These stars not only illuminate the nebula, but also emit strong stellar winds that have sculpted it. At the upper left, what were once two thick, majestic pillars of cold gas and dust have been so heavily eroded by the stellar winds that they now resemble tadpoles. The leading globules of the pillars still remain and represent the tadpoles heads, pointed at the star cluster. Radiation from the star cluster evaporates cold gas from the surface of the pillars, ionizes it, and the stellar winds blow it back against the globules, forming bright ridges of ionized gas. The tadpole pillars are about 6 arc-minutes long in our apparent view, which corresponds to a distance of about 20 light years.

The tadpoles are the highlight of this object, but I also like the numerous dark nebulae and billowing dust cloud shapes.

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RA (center)	05h22m31s.487
RA (top/left)	05h27m13s.167
RA (top/right)	05h18m52s.547
RA (bottom/right)	05h17m52s.549
RA (bottom/left)	05h26m06s.641

Dec (center)	+33°21′30″.53
Dec (top/left)	+33°47′12″.40
Dec (top/right)	+34°06′34″.89
Dec (bottom/right)	+32°55′08″.73
Dec (bottom/left)	+32°36′02″.00

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