IC 410 - The Tadpole Nebula (LRGB)

[cfinn]

IC 410, colloquially known as the Tadpole Nebula, in reference to the two clumps of gas and dust near the centre of this region with little tails resembling tadpoles swimming through the water.

This is another target that is so often captured in narrowband, so I wanted to do something different and bring out more faithful hues. The presence of OIII and SII emission is abundant here, which combines with the Hydrogen emission to create a beautiful palette of reds, pinks and purples. Several small reflection nebulae and some dusty regions are also present in this field.

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[symmetal]

Most impressive with plenty of detail and colour, including the pink tadpoles.😊

Alan

[ollypenrice]

You've done a great job on the colour, bringing out the bluer, OIII-rich regions and distinguishing them from the more Ha-dominated parts. That's a lovely image.

Olly

[cfinn]

21 hours ago, symmetal said:

Most impressive with plenty of detail and colour, including the pink tadpoles.😊

Alan

Many thanks!

[cfinn]

12 hours ago, ollypenrice said:

You've done a great job on the colour, bringing out the bluer, OIII-rich regions and distinguishing them from the more Ha-dominated parts. That's a lovely image.

Olly

Thanks Olly. What is interesting is that the colours came out that way straight out of PixInsight SPCC, so there was gratifyingly little effort required to get there. Just a colour preserving stretch and a gentle colour saturation enhancement!

Edited January 22 by cfinn