Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  IC 1274  ·  IC 4684
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IC 1274, Jochen Maes
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IC 1274, Jochen Maes

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IC 1274 is an emission nebula in the Sagittarius constellation, around 6000 light years from earth.

The region is essentially an HII region where star formation is running rampant. In plain English, think of it as a large cloud of hydrogen gas where vast amounts of new stars are forming within it. Because there's ample hydrogen present, a good amount of these stars will grow quite massive. Besides being fun to look at (bright blue stars across a colourful region, what's not to like), they also have a profound effect on their surroundings. The long streaks/lines that you can see within the nebula (like elongated clouds if you will) are essentially their doing (effect of their massive energy output).

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21x1800" HA
20x1200" Luminance
21x900" Red
21x900" Green
21x900" Blue

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IC 1274, Jochen Maes