Credits: Keith Turnecliff, Long Itchington

IC410 - The Tadpole Nebula is located 12,000 light years from Earth in the Auriga constellation, and is nicknamed the Tadpole Nebula because of the tadpole-shaped clouds of dark dust that appear to be swimming towards the centre.

Facts about IC410 by Keith Turnecliff

The Tadpole Nebula is a region of ionised hydrogen gas spanning over 100 light years across that's carved and sculpted by streams of charged particles called stellar winds emanating from open star cluster NGC 1893.