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Auriga and the winter clusters survey

Travel from a wide Auriga Milky Way field into the Flaming Star and Tadpoles complex, open clusters, and neighboring nebulae.

11linked images
1root fields
3nested levels
Nested views across Auriga and neighboring winter-sky targets
Milky Way · Auriga and its surroundings · compact scale map Configured from Auriga Survey.md

Registered scale map

Travel from sky region to target

10 of 10 transitions registered with WCS · branches mapped around the root
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  1. MilkyWay Aurigae

    Milky Way · Auriga and its surroundings

    A 90-minute S30 Pro wide-camera view connecting Auriga to neighboring Perseus, Taurus, and the Orion–Gemini boundary.

  2. Gemini/Auriga Region

    Auriga nebula complex · 14h 45m

    The expanded Fly, Spider, Tadpoles, and Flaming Star field, including M36 and M38.

  3. Gemini/Auriga Region

    IC 405 · Flaming Star

    A closer view of the Flaming Star Nebula within the Auriga mosaic.

  4. Gemini/Auriga Region

    IC 410 · Tadpoles

    A closer view of the Tadpoles Nebula and its embedded cluster.

  5. Gemini/Auriga Region

    M36 · Open cluster

    A compact open cluster embedded in the rich Auriga star field.

  6. Gemini/Auriga Region

    M38 · Starfish Cluster

    A closer view of M38 in the expanded Auriga field.

  7. Fossil Footprint Nebula

    NGC 1491 · Fossil Footprint

    An emission nebula in the Perseus portion of this wide field.

  8. Northern Trifid Nebula

    NGC 1579 · Northern Trifid

    A dusty reflection nebula on the western side of the field.

  9. Gemini/Auriga Region

    M1 · Crab Nebula

    The supernova remnant in Taurus near the southern edge of the root.

  10. Gemini/Auriga Region

    NGC 2174 · Monkey Head

    A star-forming cloud near the Orion–Gemini boundary.

  11. California Nebula

    NGC 1499 · California Nebula

    A six-hour view of the California Nebula. This frame extends beyond the western edge of the wide root.

Auriga and the winter clusters survey

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A wide view of Auriga

The root connects the Auriga nebula complex to open clusters and neighboring fields in Perseus, Taurus, and the Orion–Gemini boundary. The 14-hour 45-minute mosaic forms the main branch, with closer views of Flaming Star, Tadpoles, M36, and M38 drawn from that same result.

Fossil Footprint, Northern Trifid, Crab, and Monkey Head branch directly from the wide field. All selected frames are registered using their plate solutions. The California Nebula is included as a partial-overlap branch: its frame extends beyond the root edge.