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NGC 410, NGC1893 and The Tadpoles
IC 410 and The Tadpoles: IC 410 is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation Auriga. Within the nebula is an open cluster with the eponymous moniker NGC 1893. This cluster contains a number of “O” and “B” stars that generate a great deal of UV light. This light illuminates an area of denser, cooler gas—keep in mind that even this “denser” gas is less dense that the highest vacuum that can be created in earth-bound laboratories—causing it to emit light. These denser, cooler areas, that may be star-forming regions are the “tadpoles” seen in the lower right of this image. These structures are about 10 light years long.
The data for this image was captured at GNTO on 01-14 and 15 of 2018 using an 11” Celestron HD with its f/7 focal reducer, operating at 1960 mm focal length. The camera was a SBIG ST4000 XCM and the mount was a Losmandy G11. SGPro was used to facilitate image capture and control PhD guider. Twenty-three x 10’ subframes were made. Processing was done in PixInsight and Photoshop CS2.
NGC 410, NGC1893 and The Tadpoles
IC 410 and The Tadpoles: IC 410 is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light years away in the direction of the constellation Auriga. Within the nebula is an open cluster with the eponymous moniker NGC 1893. This cluster contains a number of “O” and “B” stars that generate a great deal of UV light. This light illuminates an area of denser, cooler gas—keep in mind that even this “denser” gas is less dense that the highest vacuum that can be created in earth-bound laboratories—causing it to emit light. These denser, cooler areas, that may be star-forming regions are the “tadpoles” seen in the lower right of this image. These structures are about 10 light years long.
The data for this image was captured at GNTO on 01-14 and 15 of 2018 using an 11” Celestron HD with its f/7 focal reducer, operating at 1960 mm focal length. The camera was a SBIG ST4000 XCM and the mount was a Losmandy G11. SGPro was used to facilitate image capture and control PhD guider. Twenty-three x 10’ subframes were made. Processing was done in PixInsight and Photoshop CS2.