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Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405, mhtandy
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Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405

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Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405

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This was taken over 2 nights using the L-extreme filter, with good transparency and seeing conditions.

Interesting that the bluish central star in the nebula, AE Aurigae, is thought to have originated from the Trapezium Cluster in the Orion Nebula 2 million years ago, and was thrust outward after a stellar collision.

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Description: Completely reprocessed, this time mostly in Pixinsight with final tweaks in Photoshop. I was going for a more "natural" look in this version, and tried my best to correct the L-extreme-induced star halos rather than throwing spikes on them :).

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Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405, mhtandy