The Flaming Star Nebula, IC405
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- Telescope:
Celestron C11, 11" f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain at f/6.0
- Zeiss
II German Equatorial Mount
- Santa
Barbara Instrument Group ST-8E NABG CCD camera (1530 x 1020 pixels, 9 x 9mm, monochromatic, 16 bit, 13.8 x 9.2mm array)
- CWF8
color filter wheel with Ha and IR-blocking red, green and blue dichroic filters
Exposure Information:
- Date:
Sunday November 3, 2002
- Location:
Mt. Pinos, CA
- Elevation:
Approx. 8300', OAT +28F
- CCD
operating temperature: -30C
- Composition:
RRGB 120:120:50:60 minutes. Total exposure time: 230 minutes
- Plate
scale: 1.1 arc-sec/pixel
About IC405
The
Flaming Star nebula is located in the winter constellation Auriga.
This nebular complex includes blue reflection components as well as red
emission nebulosity resulting from the fluorescence of hydrogen gas. The
brightest star in this image has a brightness of Magnitude 6.0, placing it just
above the threshold for naked-eye visibility from a dark location.