IC1285 (Nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , IC1285 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:35 (PDT), 78° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:09, 81° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:27, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name IC1285
Object type Nebula
Position
Right ascension:18h16m [1]
Declination:+25°06' [1]
Constellation:Hercules

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