The Flaming Star Nebula (IC405) is illuminated by the bright variable star AE Aurigae. Although it is mostly an emission nebula, the Flaming Star Nebula also has a reflection nebula component which is seen as blue filaments near AE Aurigae. This nebula is estimated to be about 1500 light years away and about 5 light-years across.
This is an RGB image with Ha used as luminance. I am not sure that this is the best way of using the data and I will definitely try other options.
| Exposure: | Ha 16 x 1800sec + RGB (16,16,16) x 900sec | Date: | 2015-12-03 |
| Setup: | Takahashi FSQ106 EDXIII with QSI 683WSG-8 | Site: | Deep Sky West Observatory, NM, USA |
Tags: IC403, Sh2-229