IC 410 (Tadpole Nebula) (Daniel Erickson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Auriga (Aur) · Contains: 16 Aur · 17 AR Aur · 18 Aur · 19 Aur · IC 410 · NGC 1893 · Sh2-230 · Sh2-236 · The star 16Aur · The star 19Aur · VdB39

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IC 410 (Tadpole Nebula)

For my second night out with my new gear, I decided to stay in Auriga and shoot the Tadpole Nebula (IC 410). Little did I know that both the SD card and the Flash Drive on the ASIAir Pro were to go bad. I tried over several nights to image, but with damaged storage devices only a few frames were stored. I gave up, bought a new SD card and Flash Drive, and started over. Third time on the target was the charm.

NB: If you have an ASIAir Pro and have NOT backed up your SD card, do it! It was the first thing I did when I got the AAP and who would have thought the card would fail on the second night out?

I believe that with such a short focal length as the RedCat, the glory of this target is hard to capture. The Tadpoles are at least visible, so that is a success. I also focused on the stars, and even those proved difficult. There was quite a bit of haloing from an as-of-yet unknown source. Still, the general star color in the field was preserved, so I won't complain (too much).

I hope you enjoy the image. Thanks for looking and for any comments you'd care to make.

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RA (center)	05h22m31s.49
RA (top/left)	05h19m28s.10
RA (top/right)	05h30m27s.70
RA (bottom/right)	05h25m41s.74
RA (bottom/left)	05h14m35s.21

Dec (center)	+33°21′14″.7
Dec (top/left)	+31°49′35″.6
Dec (top/right)	+33°15′52″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+34°52′37″.2
Dec (bottom/left)	+33°24′44″.8

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