Anatomy of a Tadpole (Rodd Dryfoos)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: IC 410 · NGC 1893

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The Tadpoles are for me the quintessential celestial wonder. Just beyond imagining. I was lucky to get some decent seeing for this shoot--especially for the Ha captured with the TOA 130, which is the Ha I used for luminance. The Ha, SII and OIII captured with the FSQ 106 was used for the underlying color. The color data is a super aggressive crop of a wide field image that includes the Tadpole Nebula (IC-410) as well as the Spider and Fly (that's a big crop), while the Ha luminance represents a moderate crop of a longer focal length Ha stack of just IC-410. The dark streak in the neck of the tadpole to the right looks to me like a spinal cord in a translucent organism, like a shrimp. Anyway--I have always wanted to showcase these not so little fellows. This is another good prospect for the C11Edge at native resolution. I am pleased with the detail achieved with a 4 and 5" scope.

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RA (center)	05h22m49s.287
RA (top/left)	05h22m02s.468
RA (top/right)	05h23m39s.734
RA (bottom/right)	05h23m36s.255
RA (bottom/left)	05h21m58s.720

Dec (center)	+33°29′55″.100
Dec (top/left)	+33°21′43″.23
Dec (top/right)	+33°22′42″.46
Dec (bottom/right)	+33°38′07″.91
Dec (bottom/left)	+33°37′08″.80

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