IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae found near the center of this image.
AE Aurigae is a blue O-type main sequence dwarf with a mean apparent magnitude of +6.0. It is classified as an Orion type variable star and its brightness varies irregularly between magnitudes +5.78 and +6.08. It is approximately 1,300 light-years from Earth. AE Aur is a runaway star that might have been ejected during a collision of two binary star groups. Wikipedia
Total image time was 13.7 hours.
| Exposure | 41x20 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, Nova Scotia. | |||||
| Date | 2023-02-07 | |||||
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