IC1287 (Reflection nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 20 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , IC1287 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:16 (PDT), 28° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:17, 45° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:53, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name IC1287
Object type Reflection nebula
Other names
IC 1287[1]
LBN 75[2]
VdB 124[3]
Position
Right ascension:18h31m [1]
Declination:−10°47' [1]
Constellation:Scutum
Magnitude:6.10 (B) [1]

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