This image combined 55 minutes of H-alpha exposures with 25 minutes of green and red and 55 minutes of blue exposures. I used an ST10XME camera through a Takahashi Sky 90 telescope with a focal reducer.
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| Flaming Star Nebula in Auriga | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The Flaming Star Nebula, also called IC405, is composed mostly of hydrogen gas ionized by the bright star AE Aurigae. Hydrogen gas glows red when excited. A smaller focus immediately around the star glows blue, due to dust reflecting starlight. This image combined 55 minutes of H-alpha exposures with 25 minutes of green and red and 55 minutes of blue exposures. I used an ST10XME camera through a Takahashi Sky 90 telescope with a focal reducer. |
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| Music: Light My Fire, by the Doors | |||||||||||||||||||