Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  16 Aur  ·  17 AR Aur  ·  18 Aur  ·  AE Aur  ·  Flaming Star Nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  Sh2-229  ·  The star 16Aur
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Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) - HaRGB, dswtan
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Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) - HaRGB

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Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) - HaRGB, dswtan
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Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) - HaRGB

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After capturing this target in October in both narrowband and RGB, I struggled with the color processing until time allowed to finally get to a point I was happy with -- see other uploads.

An RGB-only image alone is fine, and disappointedly I found that L only muddied it. But enhancing the red channel with the glorious detail in Ha (separately posted) finally made it pop!

60x 60sec each channel RGB

180x 60sec Ha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_405

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Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) - HaRGB, dswtan

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