Emission nebula
Flaming Star Nebula (IC405)
In Auriga (Aur) • Magnitude 9.7 • 50 arcminutes
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A mixed emission and reflection nebula around AE Aurigae.
Flaming Star Nebula at a glance
| Catalog IDs | I 405 |
| Type | Emission nebula |
| Constellation | Auriga (Aur) |
| Right ascension | 05h 16m 30s |
| Declination | +34° 21' 22" |
| Apparent magnitude | 9.70 |
| Surface brightness | 26.3 mag/arcsec² |
| Angular size | 50.0 × 30.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 79° |
| Best imaging months | Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb |
How to image Flaming Star Nebula
Flaming Star Nebula sits in the constellation Auriga at right ascension 05h 16m 30s and declination +34° 21' 22". To frame and integrate it well, AstroPlanner will compute the optimal moonless window for tonight from your location, the field-of-view fit against your sensor and focal length, the suggested total integration time given your aperture and sky Bortle class, and a cloud-aware schedule that drops it from the plan if your nearest cloud forecast spike overlaps the best altitude window. As an emission nebula, Flaming Star Nebula responds very well to dual-narrowband filters under city skies.