Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Flaming Star Nebula  ·  IC 405  ·  The star 16 Aur  ·  The star 17 Aur  ·  The star 18 Aur
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IC 405, Flaming Star Nebula, Rob Foster
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IC 405, Flaming Star Nebula

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IC 405, Flaming Star Nebula, Rob Foster
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IC 405, Flaming Star Nebula

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For some reason, this orientation of this particular nebula looks more like a crouching lizard, Also known as SH 2-229 or Caldwell 31, it is a combined emission and reflection nebula located in the constellation Auriga. 

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Title: IC 405, Revised background removing a little CIE c* component

Description: The first draft uploaded to Astrobin had a lot more rust in the background than on the monitor as a TIFF image, so the second draft just removed a little bit of that rust color in the background

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IC 405, Flaming Star Nebula, Rob Foster