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IC410 & NGC1893
IC410 is an emission nebula in the constellation of Auriga. Often called the Tadpole Nebula in reference to the two tadpole shaped clumps in the upper left of the nebula.
NGC1893 is the open cluster of stars in the middle of IC410. It's these stars that are ionizing and shaping the surrounding nebula. The tadpoles themselves could be collapsing in to new stars.
The nebula is around 12 to 12,500 light years away and 100 light years across.
The open star cluster is believed to have been formed 2 to 4 million years ago.
Captured from my back garden in Rochdale, UK. Bortle 6.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8"S with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Backyard Universe primary mask and Backyard Universe secondary spider. Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
120s exposures.
Best 80% of 40 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
IC410 & NGC1893
IC410 is an emission nebula in the constellation of Auriga. Often called the Tadpole Nebula in reference to the two tadpole shaped clumps in the upper left of the nebula.
NGC1893 is the open cluster of stars in the middle of IC410. It's these stars that are ionizing and shaping the surrounding nebula. The tadpoles themselves could be collapsing in to new stars.
The nebula is around 12 to 12,500 light years away and 100 light years across.
The open star cluster is believed to have been formed 2 to 4 million years ago.
Captured from my back garden in Rochdale, UK. Bortle 6.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8"S with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Backyard Universe primary mask and Backyard Universe secondary spider. Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
120s exposures.
Best 80% of 40 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.