IC 405 Flaming Star Nebula
| Description | IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31, is both an emission and reflection nebula located in the constellation Auriga, north of the celestial equator. The nebula surrounds the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae, which shines at a magnitude of +6.0. IC 405 is situated near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the K-class star Iota Aurigae. |
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| Data/Processing Attribution | Data was purchased from Telescope Live and I did processing only. |
| Distances/Size | Distance to the object- 1,500 light years, the size of the nebula in the sky is 37 minutes by 10 minutes. |
| Equipment | Mount-Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro; Scope- Sky Watcher Esprit 100ED, 100 mm aperture, 550mm focal length; Camera- ZWO ASI533 MC Pro, 1.40 arcsec/pixel. |
| Observatory | The image was taken in the vicinity of the city Dhahran in Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province with Bortle 3 conditions. |
| Exposure | One Short Camera camera, total exposure about 7 hours in 300 seconds subs. |