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IC 405 : The Flaming Star Nebula
RA:05 17 10, Dec:+34 22 10, mag: -.-, Size: 30'x30', Dist: 1500 l.y.
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| Object: | The Flaming Star nebula (right-side of image), in the constellation of Auriga, glows due to the the very hot star AE Aurigae. However, AE Aurigae is merely passing through this region having been ejected from its birth place, the Orion Nebula, after a close encounter with a star called Mu Columbae and one other star which also formed there. Astronomer's discovered these two runaway stars by measuring their appearent (fast) motion and noting that if you work backwards in time- the origin is in the same place at the same time. The nebula on the left-side of the image is IC 410, a region of faint nebulosity surrounding the open star cluster NGC 1893. | |
| Exposure: | Ha: 12x600s | |
| Equipment: | Pentax 75 SDHF f/6.6 refractor. Art11002 CCD. Astronomic 12nm Ha filter. | |
| Location: | 16th Nov. 2007 01:00 UT, Oxford UK. | |
| Processing: | Images sigma-masked stackedin MaximDL. Curves & levels in PhotoshopCS. | |