IC 410 is a very faint emission nebula 12,000 light-years away in Auriga. Sulfur, hydrogen and oxygen atoms are present in varying quantities.
A composite, false-color image of the Tadpoles was the 9 January APOD:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140109.html
The Tadpoles (IC 410)
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Christopher K.
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Christopher K.
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- Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Re: The Tadpoles (IC 410)
Daniel B. Phillips used a 7.2-inch Takahashi reflector to image IC 410. He exposed to RGB only for a few minutes each, choosing to use the lion's share of the exposure time for hydrogen-alpha, OIII and SII. The picture is on page 72 of the November Astronomy.