2016 Oct. 5 ~ The Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga (The Charioteer)

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Photographed at Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

(285 km by road north of Toronto)

between 00.51 and 01.26 EDT

* Altitude of the nebula at time of exposures: 35°, increasing to 41°

* Temperature 13° C.

 

* Total exposure time: 15 minutes

* 1200 mm focal length telescope

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Description:

This is a combination emission / reflection gas cloud, about 5 light years in diameter and lying 1,500 light years distant from our solar system.

 

The bright star that is embedded in the nebula is a "runaway star", the 6.0-magnitude irregular variable star AE Aurigae, which is known as the "Flaming Star". For more about this star, click here:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AE_Aurigae

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Nikon D810a camera body on Explore Scientific 152 mm (6") apochromatic refracting telescope, mounted on Astrophysics 1100GTO equatorial mount with a Kirk Enterprises ball head

 

Fourteen stacked subframes; each frame:

ISO 8000; 1 minute exposure at f/8

(with LENR - long exposure noise reduction)

 

Subframes stacked in RegiStar;

Processed in Photoshop CS6 (brightness, contrast, levels, colour balance, sharpening, partial blurring of graininess in image)

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