The Spirograph Nebula (IC418)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , the Spirograph Nebula is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:58, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:26, 43° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:58, 38° above your south-western horizon.

Name The Spirograph Nebula (IC418)
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
The Spirograph Nebula
IC 418[1]
PK 215-24.1[2]
PN-G 215.2-24.2
Position
Right ascension:05h27m [1]
Declination:−12°41' [1]
Constellation:Lepus
Magnitude:9.44 (V) [1]
10.28 (B) [1]
Distance:880.0 parsec
2868.8 lightyrs [2]
B-V Color (mag):0.84
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-0.28

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