Flaming Star and Tadpoles Nebulae - a photo on Flickriver

            This deep-space image showcases two stunning nebulae in the constellation Auriga: the Tadpoles Nebula (IC 410) at the top center, and the Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405) toward the lower left.

IC 410, the Tadpoles Nebula, is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light-years from Earth. It surrounds the young star cluster NGC 1893, whose massive, energetic stars light up and shape the surrounding gas. The 'tadpoles' that give the nebula its nickname are dense streams of dust and gas about 10 lightyears long. They are assumed to be sites of star formation.

IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula, lies in the lower left portion of the image. This beautiful mix of emission and reflection nebula is about 1,500 light-years away and is illuminated by the hot, massive star AE Aurigae. Its flowing, flame-like filaments of gas and dust give the nebula its name and striking appearance.

Set against a dense star field, this image uses narrowband imaging techniques to highlight different elements: hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. The result reveals both the structure and composition of these rich star-forming regions.

This image is a SHO combination with the classic gold and blue hues of the Hubble Palette

Equipment

Telescope: William Optics Megrez 88
Mount: Equatorially mounted Skywatcher AZ-GTI 
Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MM 
Filters: Baader H/Sii/Oiii with ZWO EFW
Autofocus: ZWO EAF
Autoguider: ZWO ASI 385MC & Artesky Guidescope UltraGuide 32mm
Rig control: ZWO ASIAir

15x 300s H
15x 300s Sii
15x 240s Oiii
   

Taken on: June 8, 2025

Tags:

Astrophotography

Astronomy

Deep Sky

Flaming Star Nebula

Tadpoles Nebula « less

Sets appears in: • Astronomy

Groups appears in: • Astrophotography - Astronomy - Astrophysics • Astronomy more » • Illuminations • Amateur Astro-Photography • Astrophotography - The Solar System and Beyond • Astrophotography Group « less

Stats: 953 views / 4 comments

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder