The White-Eyed Pea Nebula (IC4593)

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

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From Cambridge , the White-Eyed Pea Nebula is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:23, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:08, 59° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:13, 56° above your south-western horizon.

Name The White-Eyed Pea Nebula (IC4593)
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
The White-Eyed Pea Nebula
IC 4593[1]
PK 025+40.1[2]
PN-G 025.3+40.8
Position
Right ascension:16h11m [1]
Declination:+12°04' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:10.70 (V) [1]
10.93 (B) [1]
Distance:850.0 parsec
2771.0 lightyrs [2]
B-V Color (mag):0.23
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.05

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