Nebula 090 / 100
Blue Horsehead Nebula
IC4592
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At a glance
- Type
- Reflection nebula
- Constellation
- Sco
- Right ascension
- 16h 11m 58.6s
- Declination
- −19° 27′
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.9
- Angular size
- 60x40′
- Catalogue
- IC4592
Located in Scorpius.
The outline on your card
A faint blue reflection cloud shaped like a horse's head is lit by Nu Scorpii.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.67 : 1
- Central source
- Single central star
- Surface brightness
- Low
- Recorded structure
- Filaments · Dark lane
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