Flamming Star Nebula (IC405) - Color 

Date: 1/20/2020

Description IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula[1] in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. [Ref: WikiPedia]

Sky Conditions: Clear skies most of the nights with 25% moon shine ,  FWHM: 3.0 arc sec/pixel

Imaging: Exposure: 200 min Color de-bayered (40 x 300 sec) at 1x1bin using Celestron LPF

Guiding: AP 80mm guidescope with guide-camera (5sec rate)

Equipment:

ZWO ASI 183 Color Pro -10 deg C

8” RASA at F2

Paramount ME Mount

SW:

SkyX, PixIsight -  calibration with darks, bias and color correction (weighted batch processing, auto-script merge and noise reduction)

Observatory site : Northern VA

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