ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Recent Images | IC 405 Flaming Star + IC 410 Tadpole Nebulae Tweaked version 3
Mosaic of IC 405 (Flaming Star Nebula) 13,000 light-years and IC 410 (Tadpoles Nebula) 12,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga.
Total image time was 13.7 + 4 + 1 + 1 hours for the 4 mosaic frames. The resulting mosaic is 12051 × 8748 pixels after trimming. The lower left mosaic frame was tweaked to reduce the noise and a glow around the "Leaping Minnow" asterism stars as a result of fewer sub-frames, all taken under a deteriorating sky as clouds moved in.
Note: click on the image to view it at the full resolution of the uploaded image, then click again for actual size.| Exposure | 59x20 min. | ||||||||
| ISO | 3200 | ||||||||
| Camera | Nikon Z7 [8856 x 5504] | ||||||||
| Optics | 120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount | ||||||||
| Guiding | ZWO ASI224MC using Phd2 | ||||||||
| Controller | Kstars on MeLe Quieter 3C | ||||||||
| Filter | Triad Quad Ultra | ||||||||
| Location | Lower Sackville and Marion Bridge, Nova Scotia. | ||||||||
| Date | 2023-02-07 - 2023-02-19 | ||||||||
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight. |
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