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Flaming Star IC405 crop, Terry Hancock

Flaming Star IC405 crop

Flaming Star IC405 crop, Terry Hancock

Flaming Star IC405 crop

Description

Also known as IC405 and Caldwell 31, lying at a distance of approximately 1500 light years from us in the constellation Auriga The Flaming Star Nebula. Illuminated by a combination of reflection and emission Nebulae from the surrounding variable star AE Aurigue

Image details

Size: 2.73 x 4.11 deg (4004 x 2667 pixels)

Captured March 11, 2015

Total integration Time 192 minutes

Location: DownUnderObservatory, Fremont, MI

H-Alpha 80 min, 10 x 8 min bin 1x1

LRGB 112 min, 7 x 4 min each 1x1

QHY11 monochrome CCD cooled to -20C

Takahashi E-180 F2.8 Astrograph

Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount

Image Acquisition Maxim DL

Pre Processing Pixinsight

Post Processing Photoshop CS6

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Flaming Star IC405 crop, Terry Hancock