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      IC 4812, part of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud
      Wallpaper author:
      Andrew Macica

      30 Jun 2026

      IC 4812, part of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud

      IC 4812 is a prominent, dusty reflection nebula located in the constellation Corona Australis. Situated roughly 430 light-years away, it is part of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, one of the closest and most active stellar nurseries to our Solar System. (The Sky Live)


      Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.


      Imaging Details:


      Observatory: Heaven's Mirror Observatory, Yass, Australia

      Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

      Aperture: 106 mm (4.17 inches), f/3.6

      Focal Length: 382 mm (with 0.73x focal reducer)

      Camera: QHY 600M Pro

      Filters: LRGB

      Total Exposure: 7 hour 0 minutes


      Image Processing:

      PixInsight 1.9.3 Lockhart (x64);

      BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator, StarXTerminator (RC Astro);

      Adobe Photoshop 25.12.4;

      Adobe Lightroom Classic 15.4.1


      Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      IC 4812 - Panel 2

      5 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      AUS-2-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Integrated Flux Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 285.6324 Dec -37.4998
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Australia
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        07 Aug 2023 - 09 Aug 2023
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Blue3001h45m21
      Green3001h45m21
      Red3001h45m21
      Luminance3001h45m21

      IC 4812, part of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud