Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  18 Aur  ·  19 Aur  ·  IC 410  ·  LBN 807  ·  LDN 1530  ·  NGC 1893  ·  Sh2-236  ·  The star 19Aur
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Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, NGC1893, Greg Meyer MD
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Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, NGC1893

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Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, NGC1893, Greg Meyer MD
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Tadpole Nebula, IC 410, NGC1893

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Sperm racing to the egg! , also known as the Tadpole Nebula ( IC410). The tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and might house ongoing star formation. It lies some 12,000 light-years away, toward the constellation Auriga. The gas structures in this picture are lit by the radiation from the open star cluster NGC1893 that lies in the center of the nebula. This star cluster is about 4 million years old, but in astronomical terms it is still very young, with hot, massive stars.

this picture is a composite of 32 hours worth of exposures, using Hydrogen, Sulphur and Oxygen wavelengths of light. Each exposure was 10 minutes long.

Esprit 120mm, QHY 268M, Optolong 3nm narrowband filters.

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