IC 410

Emission Nebula, Auriga

November 2015. Cave Creek Canyon Observatory, Arizona Sky Village

NGC 1893 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. It is about 12,400 light years away. The star cluster is embedded in the HII region IC 410. Images of the star cluster by the Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest that it contains approximately 4600 young stellar objects.

Telescope: Astro Physics 175EDF f8.3
Mount: Astro Physics 3600GTO “El Capitan”
Camera: SBIG STT8300
Guider: SBIG FW8G OAG(Guided Filter Wheel)

H-alpha: 44×20 mins = 880 mins

Total Imaging Time: 14h 40m

Data Imaged remotely over 5 nights during October & November 2015.
Data acquisition & Processing by David Churchill.