The White-Eyed Pea Nebula (IC4593)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , the White-Eyed Pea Nebula is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 63° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:21, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:07, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
The White-Eyed Pea Nebula (IC4593)
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Object type
Planetary nebula
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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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