NGC 6712 (GCL 103) and IC 1295 (PK 25-4.2) Globular Cluster and Planetary Nebula in Scutum
Center of field at approximately: RA 18 hours 53 minutes 56 seconds, Dec -08 degrees 45 minutes 38 seconds
Size: 9.8' and 90"; Magnitude: 8.1 and 15.0 photographic; Class: 9 and 3b+2
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 1030 minutes (103 x 10 minute subs), 09/12/14/15/18/19/2011; seeing 2.5-3.3 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 2.24.4110.20701, Photoshop CS 5.1 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | The center of this field is on the Southeastern edge of the great
Scutum Star Cloud, about 2.6 degrees SSE of M 11.
The planetary nebula IC 1295 is apparently very blue, and not well
rendered in this longer exposure ... even though the sky was 'cloud
free' during this sequence, as it has been very hazy, with fog later in the
nights. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 6712NGC 6712 18 53 04.3 -08 42 21 V = 8.2; Size 7.2 18" (8/23/03): at 435x, approximately three dozen stars can be counted, although the eastern edge of the halo resists resolution. A dark lane cuts through the cluster on the south side running SW-NE and detaching a small piece of the halo on the SE side and flattening the central blaze which begins just north of the lane. IC 1295 lies 24' ESE and both are nice framed within the field of the 20 Nagler. 17.5" (6/29/00): at 220x this is a bright, moderately large cluster, ~6' diameter in a very rich milky way field. Contains a relatively large, intense 3' core with a number of very faint stars peppered over the background glow. A small, partially resolved piece is detached at the SE end by a dark lane. The surrounding halo includes a number of brighter stars, though it is difficult to untangle the maze of stars in the halo from the rich milky way background. Roughly 30 stars are resolved at 280x, although it is difficult to accurately count. The core has irregular appearance with a flattened side caused by a sharp light cut off on the south side. PN IC 1295 lies 24' ESE. 17.5" (7/1/89): about two dozen stars resolved over haze. A very rich clump is visible at the W side and a detached clump is at the SE end. The outline is irregular. 13": about 15 stars resolved including several extremely faint stars, very mottled, ragged edges, non-symmetric (flattened on the SE side). 8": grainy, very lively but only a few stars resolved at high power. - by Steve Gottlieb The NGC / IC Project has no observations for IC 1295 ... here is a visual observation from Yann Pothier |