IC405 Region with MiniCat Astrograph
Emission nebulosity in the center of Auriga
Uploaded 4/10/26

 

            
Central Auriga is a
            cornucopia of nebulosity. With IC405 in the very center, it is
            flanked by IC410 on its lower left, IC417 and NGC1931 on the
            left side. Between IC405 and IC410 is several bright colorful
            stars. This asterism is called the "Leaping Minnow".
            The cluster on upper left is M38 and finally look closely on
            the lower right for a region of glowing dust with a cometary
            nebula within. This is LDN1512 and this might make an interesting
            target in larger instruments.

            
Technical Data: MiniCat
            51mm f/3.5 astrograph, ASI2600 MC, RGB = 10 hours total, Payson,
            Az.

            
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Instrument:  WO MiniCat 51
Mount:  AP1200
Camera:  Color CMOS ASI2600 MC
Guider: ZenithStar 81
Exposure:  10hours  ( 5 min subs)
Location:  Payson, Arizona, Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = 2 arcsec , Transparency 9/10
Outside Temperature:  35 F

Image Processing Tools: 
Maxim DL6:  Calibration
PixInsight:  Alignment, Stacking, Star Removal
Photoshop CS2:  Curves, Color Correction, Cleanup

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