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.