Tadpole Nebula in NB

From Astronomy Picture of the Day

"IC 410 nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation. Sculpted by winds and radiation from the cluster stars, their heads are outlined by bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail away from the cluster's central region. IC 410 lies some 10,000 light-years away, toward the nebula-rich constellation Auriga."

 

 

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Date :  February 2015
Location : Arizona Sky Village, Portal, Arizona

Equipment used :
 Lens or telescope -- AP 130 EDF with Field Flattner
 Mount -- AP 1200
 Camera -- QSI 683wsg with Lodestar 2x guider


Acquistion Software : ACP, MaxIm DL, Focusmax
Processing Software : PixInsight, Photoshop

Exposure Detail : HaOIIISII combine with modified Hubble palette            Total hours  14

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# exposures

Time (sec)

Binning

Ha

14

1200

1x1

OIII

14

1200

1x1

SII

14

1200

1x1

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