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IC 417 is an emission nebula in Auriga. It is part of the Aur OB2 association, located nearby to NGC 1931. It is located on the near side of the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

[Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_417]

Total image time was 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Moon Phase	New Moon
Camera	Seestar S30 Pro (4K Sony IMX585 sensor)
Optics	160 mm focal length, f/5.3, 30 mm aperture (APO quadruplet)
Filter	LP
Binning	1x1
Stacking	StackingWizard, 70 of 77 frames stacked
Date	2026-10-11
AstroWizard Processing	Crop Rotate (counter-clockwise) (x2) GraXpert background extraction (0.5) (x2) True-color mapping Color calibration (x2) BlurXTerminator (0.3) BlurXTerminator (0.6) (x2) NoiseXTerminator (linear, 0.9) (x2) NoiseXTerminator (linear, 0.9) (starless) Star removal (StarXTerminator) (x2) Flatten sky background Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (x2) Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (linear) Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (starless) Saturation adjustment (x2) Contrast (pop) adjustment Curves adjustment (x3) Star recombination (screen blend) Adj dmg Mended NoiseXTerminator (non-linear, 0.6)

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