Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi


IC 405: Flaming Star Nebula
Emisssion and Reflection Nebula in Auriga
Ha/SII/OIII Image 

Copyright 2022
Keith B Quattrocchi and Bray Falls

Image Acquisition Information  
                    
Telescope: 16" RCOS Richey Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 
Camera: ZWO Full Frame Back Illuminated CMOS ASI 6200 MM
Guiding: Starlight Xpress AO with UltraStar Autoguiding Camera (AO control using maxim DL software).
Filters: Astrodon LRBG, H-alpha, S-II and OIII Filters
Acquisition Programs: NINA, The SkyX, PHD2, PWI4
Processing Programs: PixInsight, RC Astro, CCDStack, Photoshop CS4
Date: Data processed on March 1, 2022.  Data acquisition: February of 2022                            
Time:  8 hours (10 minute exposures) for each of Ha/SII/OIII for a total of 24 hours.                   
              
Image Information:  IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga. Located about 1,500 light-years away, its distinctive red and blue colors are caused by the interaction of a hot, runaway star with surrounding gas and dust.
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Processing Information  This Ha/SII/OIII images were obtained using  AstroDon filters.  The narrow band images were batch processed (calibrated, registered, normalized and integrated) in PixInsignt.   Further stretching, high pass filtering and background smoothing was performed with Adobe Photoshop CS/4 and PixInsight.
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