Flaming Star Nebula (IC405) in Narrowband with RGB Stars (mlewis)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: 16 Aur · 17 AR Aur · 18 Aur · AE Aur · Flaming Star Nebula · HD241411 · HD241449 · HD241460 · HD241476 · HD241504 · HD241505 · HD241521 · HD241535 · HD241565 · HD241611 · HD241635 · HD241649 · HD241683 · HD241698 · HD241699 · HD241714 · HD241731 · HD241746 · HD241763 · HD241764 · HD241779 · HD241822 · HD241843 · HD241858 · HD241859 · And 88 more.

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Flaming Star Nebula (IC405) in Narrowband with RGB Stars

Link: https://www.thinairphotography.com/Astrophotography-Portfolio/Nebulae/i-WTRpVSD/A

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Flaming Star Nebula (IC405) in Narrowband with RGB Stars

Link: https://www.thinairphotography.com/Astrophotography-Portfolio/Nebulae/i-WTRpVSD/A

The Flaming Star Nebula (IC405) is a relatively bright nebula in the constellation Auriga with both emission and reflection elements. It is estimated to be approximately 1,500 light years from Earth., and measures approximately 5 light years across. The nebulosity surrounds the irregular variable AE Aurigae, which is approximately a 6th magnitude star.

It was great to FINALLY get back to actual astroimaging, after so many delays and setbacks with equipment and other issues. I had some trouble getting good starfields from the QHY268M and the SVQ100 initially, which was eventually traced to issues with collimation. I was very fortunate to have lots of help from some friends in AZ near where my gear was situated to get that issue diagnosed and fixed.

Here then is my first published image from my QHY268M and Antlia Pro filters. This image uses a modified SHO palette in narrowband to represent the nebula, with extra RGB data collection to represent the stars in natural light. It also was collected using N.I.N.A. for the first time, with great results.

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RA (center)	05h16m01s.154
RA (top/left)	05h12m32s.288
RA (top/right)	05h12m12s.989
RA (bottom/right)	05h19m24s.158
RA (bottom/left)	05h19m54s.762

Dec (center)	+33°54′33″.83
Dec (top/left)	+35°04′39″.72
Dec (top/right)	+32°47′32″.54
Dec (bottom/right)	+32°44′08″.52
Dec (bottom/left)	+35°00′58″.62

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