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IC 405 - Pale Fire, 



    
        

            AaronW
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IC 405 - Pale Fire

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IC 405 - Pale Fire, 



    
        

            AaronW
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IC 405 - Pale Fire

Acquisition details

Dates:
Feb. 24, 2022 ·  Feb. 25, 2022 ·  Feb. 26, 2022 ·  Feb. 27, 2022 ·  Feb. 28, 2022 ·  March 1, 2022 ·  March 5, 2022 ·  March 6, 2022 ·  March 7, 2022 ·  March 22, 2022 ·  March 23, 2022 ·  March 24, 2022 ·  March 29, 2022 ·  April 1, 2022 ·  April 3, 2022 ·  April 14, 2022 ·  April 17, 2022
Frames:
Chroma H-alpha 3nm Bandpass 50 mm: 49×900(12h 15′) f/6.9 -15°C bin 1×1
Chroma OIII 3nm Bandpass 50 mm: 43×900(10h 45′) f/6.9 -15°C bin 1×1
Chroma SII 3nm Bandpass 50 mm: 55×900(13h 45′) f/6.9 -15°C bin 1×1
Integration:
36h 45′
Darks:
50
Flats:
50
Bias:
200
Avg. Moon age:
16.59 days
Avg. Moon phase:
34.18%
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale:
7.00

RA center: 05h15m16s.792

DEC center: +34°0558.90

Pixel scale: 0.853 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: -154.597 degrees

Field radius: 1.141 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 5817x7668

File size: 16.1 MB

Data source: Backyard

Description

"The moon's an arrant thief, and her pale fire she snatches from the sun."

Timon of Athens
Act IV, scene ii

If Shakespeare had known about narrowband filters, equatorial mounts, and CMOS camera sensors, he might have written these lines about AE Aurigae, the variable runaway star that is presently passing through and illuminating an interstellar cloud of gas and dust and giving rise to what is known as the Flaming Star nebula.

This framing evokes for me the feeling of falling into this cauldron and whirlpool of ionized gas.  17 nights were necessary to get 37 hours of data as this was captured late in the season and the object wasn't above my horizon for more than two hours during the night toward the end.

Processed in the Hubble palette in PixInsight.

I hope you enjoy!

Best,
Aaron

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IC 405 - Pale Fire, 



    
        

            AaronW