Wallpaper author:
Diptiman Nandy
31 May 2022
Evil's Eye
IC 1295 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum. It was discovered in 1867 by Truman Safford. It lies roughly 4,700 light-years (1,500 parsecs) away. This picture shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 (middle left) surrounding a dim dying star and the globular cluster NGC 6712 (upper right corner).
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 1295
4 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Planetary Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI ProLine PL9000
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 283.4625 Dec -8.7897
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................11 May 2022 - 25 Aug 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green | 300 | 1h35m | 19 |
| Blue | 300 | 1h35m | 19 |
| Red | 300 | 1h35m | 19 |
| Luminance | 300 | 1h35m | 19 |