Integrated approximately 12 hours of imaging time using a dual narrowband (Ha | OIII) filter on this nebula.
Processing:
The image was stretched using the VeraLux HyperMetric Stretch script, followed by a pseudo-SHO color palette workflow based on
Lukomatico's Tutorial
.
Wikipedia:
IC 405 (also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, north of the celestial equator. It surrounds the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae and shines at magnitude +6.0.
The nebula lies near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the K-type star Iota Aurigae.
IC 405 measures approximately 37.0′ × 19.0′ and is located about 1,500 light-years from Earth. It is roughly 5 light-years across. The proper motion of its central star can be traced back to the Orion’s Belt region.
