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Oskar Contrerastg8arc
2026-01-23

Good Friday morning. Sharing results from last nights observations. Starting out with following from top to bottom - / / -237 / . Image taken with Moon and Sky Light Filter.

Phi Aurigae / IC 417 The Spider Nebula / Sh2-237 The Fly Nebula / NGC 1931 - telescope processed image. Phi Aurigae is a bright orange giant star, while IC 417 (the Spider Nebula) is a nearby star-forming region where young stars' radiation carves out glowing gas clouds.Phi Aurigae / IC 417 The Spider Nebula / Sh2-237 The Fly Nebula / NGC 1931 - unprocessed image. Sh2-237 (The Fly Nebula) Also known as NGC 1931, this "miniature Orion Nebula" is a tight cluster of young stars encased in a glowing mix of both emission and reflection nebulosity.
Oskar Contrerastg8arc
2025-11-22

Fog came in this morning, so this is the last image for now. Here is an observation of .

IC 417 The Spider Nebula - telescope processed image with Moon and Sky Light Filter. IC 417 is the "Spider Nebula," a distant \mathbf{H\\ II\\ region} (stellar nursery) in Auriga. It's an emission nebula where a cluster of hot, young stars is causing the gas to glow red.IC 417 The Spider Nebula - unprocessed image with Moon and Sky Light Filter. It is often imaged together with the nearby NGC 1931 (the "Fly Nebula"), forming a celestial pair known as the Spider and the Fly.
Oskar Contrerastg8arc
2025-11-19

The clouds came in yesterday morning, way earlier than the weather app on the phone predicted. So did not get the expected exposure time on this view of .

IC 417 The Spider Nebula - telescope processed image with Moon and Sky Light Filter and LP Filter. The Spider Nebula (IC 417) is a large, luminous emission nebula and stellar nursery in Auriga, energized by hot, massive blue stars that trigger new star formation. IC 417 The Spider Nebula - unprocessed image with Moon and Sky Light Filter and LP Filter. IC 417 is half of a cosmic duo called the "Spider and the Fly"! It pairs with the nearby, smaller nebula NGC 1931, which acts as the 'fly.’
Oskar Contrerastg8arc
2025-11-02

Another of the images from last night. .

IC 417 The Spider Nebula - telescope processed image with Moon and Sky Light Filter. An emission nebula in Auriga, roughly 10,000 light-years away. Nicknamed "The Spider" for its radiating, multi-legged appearance, it's an active stellar nursery lit by hot, young stars.IC 417 The Spider Nebula - unprocessed image with Moon and Sky Light Filter. It’s part of a famous pair called "The Spider and The Fly”. IC 417 is the Spider, and its tiny neighbor, NGC 1931, is The Fly.

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