IC 1295

Planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum

IC 1295Emission nebula

Planetary nebula

The most detailed image of IC 1295 captured so far.

Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension| 18h 54m 37.206s[1]
Declination| −08° 49′ 39.08″[1]
Distance| 4700 ly (1500[2] pc)
Apparent magnitude (V)| 12.7[3]
Apparent dimensions (V)| 1.7 × 1.4 arcmin[3]
Constellation| Scutum
Designations| PK25-4.2
See also: Lists of nebulae

IC 1295 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum. It was discovered in 1867 by Truman Safford.[4] It lies roughly 4,700 light-years (1,500 parsecs) away.[2]

The central star of the planetary nebula has a spectral type of DAO.56[1] and shows the hydrogen deficient class object as hgO(H).[5]

## See also

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* List of planetary nebulae
* Index Catalogue

## References

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1. ^ a b c "SIMBAD Astronomical Database". Results for IC 1295. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
2. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
3. ^ a b "NGC/IC Project". Results for IC 1295. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
4. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 1250 - 1299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
5. ^ González-Santamaría, I.; Manteiga, M.; Manchado, A.; Ulla, A.; Dafonte, C.; López Varela, P. (2021). "Planetary nebulae in Gaia EDR3: Central star identification, properties, and binarity". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 656: A51. arXiv:2109.12114. Bibcode:2021A&A...656A..51G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202141916. S2CID 237940344.

## External links

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* Media related to IC 1295 at Wikimedia Commons
* IC 1295 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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Constellation of Scutum

* List of stars in Scutum
* Scutum in Chinese astronomy

Stars|

| Bayer|

* α
* β
* γ
* δ
* ε
* ζ
* η

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Variable|

* R
* S
* UY
* V373
* V452
* V479

Other|

* BD-11 4672
* CoRoT-16
* CoRoT-17
* IRC −10414
* 2MASS J18450079–1409036
* PSR B1828−11
* PSR B1829−10
* PSR J1841−0500
* WR 114
* WR 119
* WR 120
* WR 121-16
* Stephenson 2 DFK 1
* RSGC1-F01
* RSGC1-F02
* IRAS 18357-0604
* Stephenson 2 DFK 49

| Exoplanets|

* BD-11 4672 b
* c
* CoRoT-16b
* CoRoT-17b

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Star
clusters|

| NGC|

* 6649
* 6712

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Other|

* Alicante 7
* Alicante 8
* Alicante 10
* Mercer 3
* Messier 26
* RSGC1
* RSGC3
* Stephenson 2
* Wild Duck Cluster

| Nebulae|

* IC 1295

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