Tadpole & Fly Nebula – IC410
Tadpole & Fly Nebula – IC410
The Tadpole nebula or commonly called IC410 is found in Auriga constellation and has these fascinating little pillars or tadpole shaped star forming dust clouds. These little heavy pillars are forming stars and about 10 light years long themselves. The entire nebula is about 12,000 light years away from us and over 100 light years across in size.
Equipment
Telescope: Celestron RASA 8 (400mm focal @ f/2)
Filters: Baader Ultra-Highspeed F/2 3.5nm & 4nm Ha, Sii, Oiii 2″ Filters
Main Camera: ZWO ASI 1600mm-pro Monochrome
Mount: Skywatcher EQ6r-Pro
Guide Scope: William Optics 50mm Uniguide
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI 290mm-mini
Location
Location: Pendleton, Oregon
Observatory: NexDome 2.4m Automated
Bortle: 3-4
Long & Lat: 45.67N, -118.79 W
Shoot Parameters
Ha: 100×60″
Oiii Filter: 100×60″
Sii Filter: 100×60″
Calibration Bias: 20
Calibration Dark: 20
Calibration Flat: 20
Calibration DarkFlats: 20
Integration Time: ~5 hours total
Gain: 139 (unity)
Cooling: -20
Processing Software: Astro Pixel Processor, StarXTerminator, NINA, PHD2, Photoshop CC
