Wallpaper author:
Bernard Miller
24 Aug 2026
IC 405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
This is a dataset of IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula. It is an emission nebula about 1,500 light years away in the constellation Auriga. This dataset contains almost 21 hours of total exposure time across LRGB filters.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
20 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI Proline PL16803
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 79.0208 Dec 34.4636
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................United States of America
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................15 Jan 2021 - 09 Feb 2021
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luminance | 46 | 20m | 26 |
| Red | 56 | 15m | 16 |
| Green | 56 | 15m | 16 |
| Blue | 56 | 15m | 16 |