Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  24 Aur  ·  IC 417  ·  M 38  ·  NGC 1907  ·  NGC 1912  ·  NGC 1931  ·  The star φ Aur
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M38, IC417, NGC1907 & NGC1931 (OSC/Dual Band Filter), Gary Trapuzzano
M38, IC417, NGC1907 & NGC1931 (OSC/Dual Band Filter)
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M38, IC417, NGC1907 & NGC1931 (OSC/Dual Band Filter)

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M38, IC417, NGC1907 & NGC1931 (OSC/Dual Band Filter), Gary Trapuzzano
M38, IC417, NGC1907 & NGC1931 (OSC/Dual Band Filter)
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M38, IC417, NGC1907 & NGC1931 (OSC/Dual Band Filter)

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I wanted to try another grouping of deep sky objects in a single image and found this composition while poking around in the constellation Auriga.  M38 and IC417 are the two most prominent objects in the image with the open cluster M38 located about 4,200 light-years away.

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M38, IC417, NGC1907 & NGC1931 (OSC/Dual Band Filter), Gary Trapuzzano

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