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The Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405 // Gleb Polyakov
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The Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405 // Gleb Polyakov
Ok, so I finished the processing of my new photo of the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405)
Image taken in SII and Ha with a few RGB images to have the correct star colours. This is technically an SHH combination image but with a narrowband normalisation and a lot of curve modifications (with and without colour masks) to get colours/contrast that I liked. I already had taken a photo of this nebula, but it was using mostly RGB data with a bit of Ha (and a lot less integration time). It did show the dust reflection way better, but I like the contrast we can see inside the nebula's gas on this one. Thanks to @shaythempronouns for suggesting the use of an SII filter to image this nebula. Starless version :
(Image taken using a CarbonStar 150/600 newtonian telescope with a 0.95 coma corrector, ZWO ASI294 monochrome camera ZWO LRGB filters and Baader 6.5nm narrowband filter. 5x120s image for each colour filter (RGB), 29x300s for the Ha filter and 33x300s for the SII filter, total imaging time 6h 35min, stacking and processing done in PixInsight. Photo taken mid-January)
Flaming Star in Auriga by DaydreamAstro
IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula & AE Aurigae
La nebulosa IC 405 (también llamada nebulosa de la estrella llameante, SH 2-229, o Caldwell 31) es una nebulosa de emisión/reflexión en la constelación Auriga que rodea a la estrella azul AE Aurigae y brilla a una magnitud aparente +6.0. Esta nebulosa tiene un tamaño aparente de 37.0' x 19.0' (aproximadamente 5 años luz) y se encuentra a unos 1500 años luz de la Tierra. Se cree que el movimiento de la estrella central puede rastrearse desde el Cinturón de Orión, ya que la misma es una estrella fugitiva.
AE Aurigae
AE Aurigae is a bright star located within the Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405. The nebula is located about 1,500 light years away towards the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer. It is about 5 light years across.
AE Aurigae emits strong enough light to strip electrons from nearby atoms. When the electrons recombine with their protons, they emit light in the color characteristic of their element and create a bright emission nebula. The nebula also contains clouds of hydrogen gas laced with thick carbon dust.
Image and information from NASA.
The sky around the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405, upper left) // François Bréard
The Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405 // Dyan Swenning