IC4637 (Planetary nebula)

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

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From Los Angeles , IC4637 is not readily observable since it lies so far south that it will never rise more than 15° above the horizon.

Name IC4637
Object type Planetary nebula
Other names
IC 4637[1]
PK 345+00.1[2]
PN-G 345.4+00.1
Position
Right ascension:17h05m [1]
Declination:−40°53' [1]
Constellation:Scorpius
Magnitude:12.50 (V) [1]
13.60 (B) [1]
Distance:1.5 kpc
4.9 klyr [2]
B-V Color (mag):1.10
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):1.62

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