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      IC4592 & C2017 K2
      Wallpaper author:
      Michelle Ashford

      13 Sept 2022

      IC4592 & C2017 K2

      IC 4592 is a reflection nebula, cataloged as IC 4592. Reflection nebulas are made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but can look quite blue when reflecting the light of energetic nearby stars. In this case, the source of much of the reflected light is a star at the eye of the horse. That star is part of Nu Scorpii, one of the brighter star systems toward the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). A second reflection nebula dubbed IC 4601 is visible surrounding two stars to the right of the image centre.

      At the bottom left of the image is C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS), an Oort cloud comet with an inbound hyperbolic orbit, discovered in May 2017.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      IC 4592

      15 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      AUS-2-CCD
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Reflection Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI PL16803
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 243.25 Dec -19.3
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Australia
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        17 Apr 2020 - 22 Aug 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance3275h27m60
      Red1953h15m60
      Green2143h30m59
      Blue4888h59

      IC4592 & C2017 K2