Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  16 Aur  ·  IC 410  ·  NGC 1893  ·  Sh2-236  ·  The star 16Aur
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IC410 - Tadpoles, Joe Santacroce
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IC410 - Tadpoles

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NGC 1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light years away. The star cluster is embedded in the HII region IC 410.

Images of the star cluster by the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that it contains approximately 4600 young stellar objects.

Constellation Auriga

Distance 3,790 pc (12,400 ly)[2]

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IC410 - Tadpoles, Joe Santacroce