Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Flaming Star Nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  The star 17 Aur  ·  The star 18 Aur
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Flaming Star Nebula, Herbert W Hamber
Flaming Star Nebula
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Flaming Star Nebula

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Flaming Star Nebula, Herbert W Hamber
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Flaming Star Nebula

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Horsehead and Flame Nebulas

Svbony SV550 122mm Triplet APO refractor on Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount, Risingcam Sony IMX571 camera.

Natural color, no filters.

Total time  112 min, 10sec subs

No guiding, no apps, no gadgets, optical polar alignment. No added or removed stars, no re-colored stars, no re-shaped stars.

Images stacked in DSS (free) and minimally edited in Gimp (also free).

At the University of California Steele/Burnand Desert Research Center (SBDRC) in Borrego Springs, Calif.

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Flaming Star Nebula, Herbert W Hamber