Nebula 025 / 100
Tadpole Nebula
IC410
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Aur
- Right ascension
- 5h 22m 42.0s
- Declination
- +33° 22′
- Angular size
- 40x30′
- Catalogue
- IC0410
Located in Auriga.
The outline on your card
Two sculpted pillars with bright tails resemble swimming tadpoles.
- Outline class
- Pillar
- Axis ratio
- 0.75 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Pillars · Embedded stars · Bright rim
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