- Description: Faint emission nebula in Auriga. The bright open cluster in the upper
left is Messier 38, below it is a smaller cluster NGC1907. Below that is a patch of fainter
nebulosity known as IC417. Of the bright pair in the center, the left nebula is IC410, the right
is IC405.
This image is a digital composite. Colour is from Kodak Ektachrome E200, nebulosity from a deep
red filtered tech-pan image.
- Film: Hypered Kodak Tech Pan
- Scope: 8" Schmidt Camera with Wratten 92 filter/Ektachrome E200
- Exposure: 45 Minutes, 7 minutes
- Location: Cayley, Alberta, Canada for both shots.
- Date: Feb 7, 1997, colour on 24 September 2000.
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