Ic 1284 & friends in Sagittarius (Andy 01)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: IC 1283 · IC 1284 · NGC 6589 · NGC 6590 · The star 15Sgr · The star 16Sgr

Ic 1284 & friends in Sagittarius, Andy 01

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For me this was a major technical challenge to image. Rendering natural star colours & blue reflection nebulosity from my light polluted location was hard! Credit due to Robert Colombari for his fine Apod image of M24 which I referenced for a guide to the final colours.

It’s an interesting mix of Ha rich emissions & blue Reflection nebulosity contrasted against a swirling region of intricate dark interstellar dust.

IC 1284 also known as Sharpless 37. Just below IC 1284 are two blue reflection Nebulae vdB 118 and vdB 119. There are dark nebulae in this region as well. The most significant is LDN 315. This is a dark lane structure that goes top to bottom across the image. It extends about 6 degrees of sky. VdB 119 is about 40 light years distant; vdB 118 is about 185 light years distant; IC 1284 is about 1,400 light years distant.

Taken from suburban light pollutionville, Melbourne, Australia

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