<![CDATA[ScienceDownEast - ScienceDownEast Astrophotography - IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula (Latest images)]]> https://sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:34:48 -0300 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:34:48 -0300 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Zenphoto RSS Generator <![CDATA[IC 434 S30Pro 114x30sec (IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula)]]> https://sciencedowneast.com/zenphoto/index.php?album=Nebulae/IC-405-Flaming-Star-Nebula&image=IC-434-S30Pro-114x30sec.jpg IC 434 S30Pro 114x30sec
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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.
Exposure41x20 min.
ISO3200
CameraNikon Z7 [8856 x 5504]
Optics120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Celestron CGX mount
GuidingZWO ASI224MC using Phd2
ControllerKstars on MeLe Quieter 3C
FilterTriad Quad Ultra
LocationLower Sackville, Nova Scotia.
Date2023-02-07
ProcessingProcessed in PixInsight.
BlurXTerminator
NoiseXTerminator
GeneralizedHyperbolicStretch
SCNR
CurvesTransformation
Further tweaking in Lightroom
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