James Janusz 2000 thru 2026 All Rights Reserved
Telescope: Astro-Physics 160 Starfire Description:A starless, faint, emission nebula, IC 410, features two remarkable inhabitants of the cosmic pond of gas and dust. Below and right of center are the tadpoles of IC 410. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars. Formed in the interstellar cloud a mere 4 million years ago, the intensely hot, bright cluster stars energize the glowing gas. Composed of denser cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long and are likely sites of ongoing star formation. Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation their heads are outlined by bright ridges of ionized gas while their tails trail away from the cluster's central young stars. IC 410 lies some 10,000 light-years away, toward the nebula-rich constellation Auriga.
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1600 GTO Constellation:Auriga.
Camera: ZWO ASI 6200MM Pro Monochrome Camera. Remotely Imaged With Voyager.
Guiding:ZWO ASI174 guide Camera and 60mm Guide Scope Type: Emission Nebula.
Exposure: Twenty, twnnty Minute Ha, Sub Exposures. Position:R.A. 05h 22m 31s Dec +33 25' 05"
Processed using Voyager data aquisition, PixInsight and PhotoShop image processing Date: Jan 2026
Data Acquisiton, Reduction and Processing by Jim Janusz. Imaging Location: Maor Observatory at Whitetail Hollow
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