Object: The Tadpoles of IC410 in H-alpha light
Date/Time: 12/15/06,  9-10pm MDT
Location: My backyard - Las Cruces, NM.
Camera: Meade DSI Pro II using a Schuler 9mm Ha filter
Exposure: 17x4 minutes
Telescope: TeleVue 85mm refractor (f/5.6) piggyback on a Meade SN6/LXD75
Guiding: Modified webcam and GuideDog
Processing: Calibration, registration, and stacking (Adaptive Addition) using ImagesPlus.  Final levels, curves, and sharpening in PhotoShop.
Comments: IC410 is the gaseous nebula surrounding the bright, hot star cluster NGC 1893. The "tadpoles" are huge columns of dense gas and dust roughly 10 light years in length.

© Dave Dockery 2006