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Object name
IC410 the Tadpole nebula

Constellation: Auriga
Distance: 12 000 light years
Imaged by Jean-Yves Beninger from Alqueva Dark Sky, Portugal
On 9,11,26 and 27 November2024

Equipment:
Astro-Physics Mach1
Astro-Physics AP130 Starfire EDF with 2.7" field flattener 67PF562, 819mm
Camera Zwo ASI 2600MM pixel size 3.76µ
Filters R, G, B, S, H, O

SHO image

Description:

IC 410, also known as the Tadpole Nebula, is an emission nebula located about 12,000 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. It is illuminated by the young star cluster NGC 1893, whose powerful radiation shapes the nebula.

The most striking features are two elongated gas and dust clouds—the "tadpoles"—which are active star-forming regions.

Asteroid 508 Princetonia is a minor planet in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It was discovered on April 20, 1903, by Raymond Smith Dugan, an American astronomer, at the Heidelberg Observatory in Germany. The asteroid is named after Princeton University, where Dugan studied and later became a professor.