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APOD 9 January 2014
The Tadpoles of IC 410
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This is a picture of the emission nebula IC 410 in false color and was taken through narrow band filters. Narrow band image traces atoms in the nebula: sulfur in red, oxygen in blue, and hydrogen in green. The nebula surrounds a galactic cluster of stars called NGC 1893. IC 410's remarkable features are its 2 tadpoles, which are displayed in this photo. The tadpoles look very interesting because they are very distinguishable in comparison to everything else in the photo,
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