Emission nebula
Tadpoles Nebula (IC410)
In Auriga (Aur) • Magnitude 99.0 • 40 arcminutes
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Emission nebula in Auriga with two prominent tadpole-shaped dust pillars.
Tadpoles Nebula at a glance
| Catalog IDs | I 410 |
| Type | Emission nebula |
| Constellation | Auriga (Aur) |
| Right ascension | 05h 22m 42s |
| Declination | +33° 22' 00" |
| Apparent magnitude | 99.00 |
| Angular size | 40.0 × 30.0 arcmin |
| Max altitude at 45°N | 78° |
| Best imaging months | Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb |
How to image Tadpoles Nebula
Tadpoles Nebula sits in the constellation Auriga at right ascension 05h 22m 42s and declination +33° 22' 00". 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, Tadpoles Nebula responds very well to dual-narrowband filters under city skies.