The Flaming Star Nebula (IC 405, SH 2-229, or Caldwell 31) is an emission and reflection nebula in the constellation Auriga north of the celestial equator. It surrounds the bluish, irregular variable star AE Aurigae, and shines at magnitude +6.0. The nebula is about 5 light-years across, and lies about 1,500 light-years away from Earth.

This stack of 26 five-minute images (130 minutes) were taken over a single night and thus is still a bit noisy. Images were taken on the C11 with the 0.7x focal reducer and my QHY-247C and processed in PixInsight.

Image Center:	View full size annotated image.
Right Ascension:	5h 16m 30.507s (79° 7m 37.610s)
Declination:	+34° 30m 23.690s
Orientation:	Up is 271.4 degrees East of North.
Image Size:	40.419' x 27.386'	Pixel Scale:	0.414"

Principal objects in field: Flaming Star Nebula, IC 405

All identified catalog objects: HD 34010, HD 34030, HD 34042, HD 34078, IC 405