The emission and reflection nebula IC 405, often referred to as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31, is located in the constellation Auriga, north of the celestial equator, and it is centred on the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae. It has a brightness of +6.0. Its RA 05h 16.2m dec +34° 28′ celestial coordinates represent its location. [2] It is situated close to the K-class star Iota Aurigae, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the emission nebula IC 410. This target is situated approximately 1,500LY from Earth and measures roughly 5LY across!
This target was taken in one night with my RASA setup. I experimented with longer exposure times of 3 minutes (180 seconds). while 3 minutes for a Narrowband target is short, for the RASA system it's a lot of exposure time! Overall there are 2 hours and 18 minutes total exposure @ 180-second sub-exposures for the Narrowband part.
On my next visit out, I will try to continue with this target by collecting Broadband data for the reflection side of the Nebula as well as about 30 minutes of 5-second exposures for the stars, as well as additional data for narrowband, then bring all these together for a final image.
This target was taken in one night with my RASA setup. I experimented with longer exposure times of 3 minutes (180 seconds). while 3 minutes for a Narrowband target is short, for the RASA system it's a lot of exposure time! Overall there are 2 hours and 18 minutes total exposure @ 180-second sub-exposures for the Narrowband part.
On my next visit out, I will try to continue with this target by collecting Broadband data for the reflection side of the Nebula as well as about 30 minutes of 5-second exposures for the stars, as well as additional data for narrowband, then bring all these together for a final image.
Additional details, such as processing etc. will be released after the final picture. Stay tuned!