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      IC 4592 The Blue Horse Reflection Nebula
      Wallpaper author:
      Johan Potgieter

      31 May 2023

      IC 4592 The Blue Horse Reflection Nebula

      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 center. (https://science.nasa.gov/ic-4592-blue-horsehead-reflection-nebula)

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      IC 4592

      4 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      AUS-2-CMOS
      • Type of target
        ............................................................................................................................
        Reflection Nebula
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 243.25 Dec -19.3
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Australia
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        13 Apr 2023 - 19 Jun 2023
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance2281h39m26
      Red1591h9m26
      Green1661h9m25
      Blue1661h9m25

      IC 4592 The Blue Horse Reflection Nebula