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Nebuleuse de l Etoile flamboyante 25-12-2025-Luc-Viatour
2025-12-25
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Kids profiles and older: it shows nature, places, still life or a children's book. How works are placed
About this work
The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405 / SH2-229) and the Tadpole Nebula (IC 410 / NGC 1893) are vast star-forming regions located in the constellation Auriga in high-resolution 108MP
The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) is both an emission and reflection nebula, illuminated by the massive runaway star AE Aurigae. Nearby is IC 410, an immense ionized hydrogen (HII) region hosting the young open star cluster NGC 1893. The latter is famous for its cosmic "tadpoles": dense pillars of interstellar gas and dust, about 10 light-years long, sculpted by the intense stellar winds and radiation from the cluster's stars.
Technical details:
Location: Hamois, Belgium (Sky quality: Bortle 4.5)
Exposure: 7 hours (84 frames of 300 seconds)
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED (at 648mm focal length with 0.77x reducer)
Camera: Nikon Z7 (astro-modified / defiltered-refiltered EOS For Astro)
Mount: Sky-Watcher Wave 150i Strainwave Mount
Filter: Antlia Quad Band
Processing software: PixInsight, darktable, GIMP on Linux
