Wallpaper author:
James Fordice
16 Jun 2025
IC 1274
IC 1274 (LBN 33) is the bright, nearly circular nebula at the upper center of the image. It lies close to the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8) in Sagittarius. The nebula is a constituent of the Lynds 227 (L227) molecular cloud. Its cavity-like morphology is reminiscent of a blistered star-forming region. It contains four luminous B0-B5 stars.
In the background is Collinder 367 an open cluster at 3900 LY. The other nebulosity in the image is IC 4685 at 1761 LY.
Dataset from which the image was processed
IC 1274
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- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................QHY 600M
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 272.4458 Dec -23.6936
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Southern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Chile
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................25 Oct 2023 - 28 Oct 2023
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 225 | 15m | 4 |
| OIII | 300 | 20m | 4 |
| SII | 375 | 25m | 4 |