IC 410
IC 410, IC 405 (Flaming Star Nebula), and environs. This image is a composite from B&W images taken with the Palomar Observatory's 48-in Samuel Oschin Telescope as a part of the second National Geographic Palomar Observatory Sky Survey. The images were recorded on 2 types of photographic plates, one sensitive to red light and the other to blue, and then digitized. Credit: Davide De Martin, Skyfactory.org.
IC 410 is a region of faint nebulosity surrounding the open star cluster NGC 1893.
It lies in the constellation Auriga one and
a half degrees east of the brighter and better known Flaming
Star Nebula (IC 405). In appearance, IC 410 resembles the Rosette
Nebula in Monocerus.
| visual magnitude |
13 |
| diameter | 25' × 20' |
| distance | 2,200 light-years (670 pc) |
| position | RA 05h 22.0m; Dec 33° 29' |
| other names |
C 0519+334, CTB 17, LBN 807, LBN 173.58-01.75, Min 2- 59, OCl 438.0 |
