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Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebula - IC 405 / IC 410 Jan 29, 2023 192 views5414×361722.07 MB
Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebula - IC 405 / IC 410
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Too many iterations and so many combinations... There are some data sets you put your teeth into and bite down and don't let go. This has been one of those. Just because I had taken subs with the Optolong L-Pro filter to capture the reflection nebula in the Flaming Star and the rest with the Antlia ALP-T filter to get all the H-alpha emission. I probably did some 15-20 different attempts and revisions. Still not happy and maybe never will be...but this one is for me the most appealing to date.
My revises image I posted later showing now, is a combination made with the NBRGBcombination script in PI while images still linear. This gave me the better result so far...
The 2 Nebulas are located in the constellation Auriga. IC 405 is mostly an emission nebula with an embedded reflection nebula, where as IC 410 is only an emission nebula.
The Flaming Star Nebula is approximately 1500 LY away from Earth and shines at an apparent magnitude of +6. It has a dimension of 5 LY or 37.0' x 19.0'. The nebula was discovered in 1892 by the German born astronomer, John Martin Schaeberle. At a further distance, 12,000 LY away from Earth lies the Tadpole Nebula. It is a hydrogen rich emission nebula with a diameter of approximately 100 LY. In it's center sits NGC 1893, an open star cluster. Although NGC 1893 was already discovered in 1827 by John Herschel, the Tadpole Nebula was not detected until 1892 by the German astronomer and astrophotographer Max Wolf.
My revises image I posted later showing now, is a combination made with the NBRGBcombination script in PI while images still linear. This gave me the better result so far...
The 2 Nebulas are located in the constellation Auriga. IC 405 is mostly an emission nebula with an embedded reflection nebula, where as IC 410 is only an emission nebula.
The Flaming Star Nebula is approximately 1500 LY away from Earth and shines at an apparent magnitude of +6. It has a dimension of 5 LY or 37.0' x 19.0'. The nebula was discovered in 1892 by the German born astronomer, John Martin Schaeberle. At a further distance, 12,000 LY away from Earth lies the Tadpole Nebula. It is a hydrogen rich emission nebula with a diameter of approximately 100 LY. In it's center sits NGC 1893, an open star cluster. Although NGC 1893 was already discovered in 1827 by John Herschel, the Tadpole Nebula was not detected until 1892 by the German astronomer and astrophotographer Max Wolf.
Revision: B
Title Flaming Star and Tadpole Nebula - IC 405 / IC 410 (revision)
Description Just trying out some newer processing steps in PixInsight...
Published May 12, 2023, 11:58:18 PM
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