It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.

— Plato

IC410

By ebfaulkner6a at Fri, 02/08/2013 - 5:02pm
IC410

IC410 in Auriga (taken in November 2012) Emission Nebula. The two streamers look like and are called "Tadpoles" of IC410, a denser, cooler gas and dust believed to be a star birth region. Taken thru AT111EDT using Ha filter, 7x600 sec exposures (4200 secs) combined in Maxim, process CS6.