IC 410

The tadpoles of IC 410
Jim Collins from Chico, California
The faint emission nebula IC 410 lies in the constellation Auriga the Charioteer. It features two denser, cooler clouds of gas and dust known as the tadpoles. Each tadpole measures about 10 light-years long, and probably will become star-forming regions. (10-inch Deep Sky Instruments RC10c Ritchey-Chrétien telescope at f/7.3, FLI Microline ML-11002 CCD camera, Hydrogen-alpha/Oxygen-III image with exposures of 21.5 and 8.5 hours, respectively)