Automated data acquistion by CCDAutoPilot3 including meridan flip and off-axis guided with the STL Remote Guide Head using an Astrodon MonsterMOAG OAG in front of the STL/FW8.

The Flaming Star  Nebula in Auriga is a brilliant emission/reflection region excited by the bright, young ruanway star, AE Aurigae.  Rob Gendler provides an excellent overview of this object (click here). 

Published in Sky and Telescope, July, 2008, p 93

Published in Practical Astronomer, February 2008 as the cover image and two-page spread, pp 34-35.