AP#20 : IC 405 and 410
Name: The "Flaming star" and "Tadpole" nebulae
Constellation:Auriga
Instrument: Redcat 51 and a modified Canon T3i
Exposure time:16 Five-minute exposures at ISO 800.
Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html
Magnitude: IC 405 - 6.0 IC 410 - 7.5
Angular size: IC 405 - 37' X 10' IC 410 - 11'
IC 405 is a combination emission and reflection nebula. IC 410 is an emission nebula. The name of the flaming star has to do with the nebula surrounding the bright star, which gives the impression of a fire around the star. The name of the tadpole for IC 410 has to do with a faint stream of nebulosity stretching northward that is not recorded very well in the image below. Combined with the mass of nebulosity as its head, it looks like a tadpole.
