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Flaming Star Nebula – IC 410, IC 405 a widefield

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IC 410 / NGC 1893
NGC 1893
refers to a small open star cluster in the Auriga constellation. IC 410 describes the associated HII region. It is assumed that the region is approximately 4'500 light years away from Earth.

Flaming Star Nebula
IC 405
, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, is also located in the Auriga constellation and is an emission and reflection nebula. The nebula is located approximately 1'500 light years from Earth. The irregular, variable star AE Aurigae lights the Flaming Star Nebula.

AE Aurigae
AE Aurigae
is an O-type main sequence star. It has also been classified as an Orion-type variable star. Furthermore, AE Aur is special because it is a 'runaway star'. This means that it is travelling much faster than the rest of the interstellar medium that surrounds it. AE Aur was probably ejected during a collision with another binary star system. This collision was traced back to the Trapezium cluster in the Orion Nebula two million years ago. This means that the star responsible for the glow of the Flaming Star Nebula did not form within this nebula, but is now travelling through it at high speed.

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Sources: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1893
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_405
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AE_Aurigae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_kinematics#Runaway_stars

Setup
Widefield Setup

Telescope / Camera Lens
Askar FRA 500

Camera
Omegon veTEC571c

Mount
Skywatcher HEQ5 pro

Filter
Astronomik L2 and Optolong L-eXtreme

Integration Time
RGB: 220 x 180 s = 11 h
L-eXtreme: 172 x 180 s = 14 h 20 min

Total: 25 h 20 min

Comments
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Type of Main Object
Emission and Reflection Nebula

Constellation
Auriga

Observation Site
Goldau, CH
Bortle Class 4

Date
28. - 31. January 2024
2. - 4. February 2024

annotated
starless
RGB
RGB with added OIII Data
RGB with added OIII Data
RGB with Ha and OIII Data

Astrophotography by Sven Arnold

Sven Arnold
Tennmattstrasse 22
6410 Goldau, SZ
Switzerland

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