Other Names: SH2-236
Optics: Meade 10" ACF SCT at f/9.4
Mount: Paramount MX using
The SkyX Pro Camera: QSI 683WSG-8 Filters: Astrodon Ha 3nm, OIII 3nm, SII 3nm
Exposure: 2540 Mins or
42.33 hours, [24.33 Ha, 10.67 OIII, 7.33 SII], 1800 & 1200s exposures, Binned 2x2
Accessories: Auto guided with Starlight Xpress
Adaptive Optics, Starlight Xpress
Lodestar &
PHD2.
FLI
Atlas focuser using
FocusMax 4.1.0.72 Location: Burlington, ON, Canada Date: Taken over several nights from September 6th 2017, to January 29th, 2018
Notes: data was acquired using
TSX Pro and
MaxPilote automation software.
Processing: Image calibration, & align in Maxim DL Pro. Levels, curves, cosmetic adjustments and crop/resize in Photoshop. Calibrated w/30 Darks, 500 Bias, 50 Flats of each filter using natural sky flats. CCD temperature was -20C & -25C depending on the night. Image was taken from my backyard
Observatory.
Link to Ha Version: https://astromarina.zenfolio.com/p264248004/hc13cda12#hc13cda12 Published in SkyNews March/April 2019: https://astromarina.zenfolio.com/p498178330/hc623cb96#hc623cb96 Winner of RASC Hamilton Feb/2019 contest (page12):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qb8194x2uicn87m/OrbMar19.pdf?dl=0 IC 410 is an emission nebula located 12,000 light-years away in the northern part of constellation Auriga. It spans more than 100 light years and is formed from radiation from the open cluster NGC 1893. It is called the Tadpole nebula because of the notable tadpole shapes.