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Sunrise: 7:03 
Transit: 14:21 
Sunset: 21:39
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IC 1266 - Planetary Nebula in Ara

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:48 | Tran: 1:24 | Set: 4:03
Alt: 5.67°   Az: 192.22°   Direction: South-South-West

IC 1266 is a Planetary Nebula in the Ara constellation. IC 1266 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 11.2, IC 1266 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 1266 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of IC 1266 - Planetary Nebula in Ara star
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DSS2 image of IC 1266 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.16 arcmin) and minor (0.16 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 47m 28s
-46° 05’ 54”
01h 10m 43s
18h 58m 12s

J2000

17h 45m 34s
-46° 05’ 24”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1266 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for IC 1266 - Planetary Nebula in Ara.

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Finder chart for IC 1266 - Planetary Nebula in Ara.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1266 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

11.59
11.2
10.41
10.11
9.19

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1266 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1266 is a visual representation of it.
0.16 arcmin
0.16 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

Location: Málaga MA (ES)
Latitude: 36° 43’ 12” N
Longitude: 4° 25’ 13” W
Timezone: Europe/Madrid

Today's IC 1266 - Planetary Nebula in Ara rise, transit and set times from Málaga MA (ES) are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Madrid):

Azimuth: 136.1°
Max altitude: 7.2°
Azimuth: 223.9°