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Flaming Star Nebula
IC405
Object
Type Diffuse Nebula
Constellation Auriga
Distance 1,500 ly
Magnitude
Angular Size 30x45 arc min
Size
More Info  APODEssay by Robert Gendler ©
Image
Date 9/18/2009
Place Palomar Mountain, CA
Exposure Data Ha 120 mins @ -10C
Ha 8x15 (bin 1x1)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Takahashi FS-60C Refractor
Focal Length 290mm @f/4.8
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera SBIG ST-10XME
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters CFW10A, Astrodon 6nm Ha
Software MaxIm DL, CCDStack, Photoshop

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