IC 405, also known as the Flaming Star Nebula, SH 2-229 or Caldwell 31 is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga, surrounding the bluish star AE Aurigae. It shines at magnitude +6.0. Its celestial coordinates are RA 05^h 16.2^m dec +34° 28′. It surrounds the irregular variable star AE Aurigae and is located near the emission nebula IC 410, the open clusters M38 and M36, and the K-class star Iota Aurigae. The nebula measures approximately 37.0' x 19.0' and lies about 1,500 light-years away from Earth. It is believed that the proper motion of the central star can be traced back to the Orion's Belt area. The nebula is about 5 light-years across.

Acquiring and processing details

It turned this object is quite difficult to capture in narrowband. I had to use narrowband because the moon was close to full moon during the time of imaging, at least for the first night. Although H-Alpha is abundant in IC405 the OIII is much more harder to detect. SII in this case was also rather present. The integration was again done in Astro Pixel Processor and the final processing in PixInsight. To bring out the colors more and enhance the contrast I also used Photoshop.

• Date: February 28, March 6 - 2021
• Integration Time: 8.8 hrs
• Telescope: TS Photoline 130/910 x 0.79 at f5.5
• Mount: Skywatcher EQ6-Synscan Go-To
• Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
• Filters: 50x300" Ha, 9x600" OIII, 11x300" OIII, 28x300" SII